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Classical Music Month~ September 20

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Trittico Botticelliano by Ottorino Respighi

“Although the theme of “The Adoration of the Magi” is recognizable as the carol “O come, O come, Emmanuel,” Respighi’s mind was not on the Advent season. Rather, the three movements of the Trittico Botticelliano each take their inspiration from a different painting by Sandro Botticelli, renowned artist of the Italian Renaissance. The first and third are likely familiar: La primavera (Spring) and La nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus). The middle part of the triptych, “L’adorazione dei Magi,” is less humanistic and more traditional, with its subject from the Book of Matthew.”
~https://www.redlandssymphony.com/pieces/trittico-botticelliano

Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli

c.1475-1476 / Tempera on wood panel / 43 3/4″x52 3/4″ / Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

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Classical Music Month~ September 17

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Mona Lisa (opera)  by  Max von Schillings

“Mona Lisa, Op. 31, is a 1915 opera by the German composer Max von Schillings on a libretto by Beatrice von Dovsky. The opera was first performed on September 26, 1915 in the Hofoper in Stuttgart, with the composer conducting. The North American premiere took place at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on March 1, 1923.”
~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa_(opera)

Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo
by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

c.1503-19 / Oil on poplar panel / 30″x21″ / The Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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