Recent Examples on the WebRoaming, broad and lyrical, only occasionally does the piece descend into the dark sardonicism always associated with Shostakovich’s music.San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022 Rounding out the trio is Ron Megee’s Bernadette, a long tall drink of sardonicism whose glory days on the runway are long past. Robert W. Butler, kansascity.com, 4 June 2017