Can classical music be funny? If instruments try to sound like animals, yes. This was the vision of 19th-century French composer Camille Saint-Saëns when he wrote the humorous Carnival of Animals. The 14-movement piece features a double bass and piano lumbering like an elephant, staccato strings pecking like a hen, and a flute singing like a bird. Swans, Tibetan donkeys, and even fossils also make musical appearances. The Santa Rosa Symphony will be playing the 25-minute piece, as well as Michael Djupstrom’s The Seahorse and the Crab, at the Carnival of Animals concert on October 29 at 3 p.m. The performance will be held at the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park. Purchase tickets, which are $10 for youth and $20 for adults, at srsymphony.org/EventDetail/265. Costumes are encouraged.