À Chloris (Reynaldo Hahn)

2013-07-01T21:33:53+02:00

À Chloris (1916): Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)

"As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora" - from "Fasti", a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and published in 8 AD. Detail from "Primavera" by Sandro Botticelli. Painted ca. 1482. “As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora” – from “Fasti”, a six-book Latin poem written by the Roman poet Ovid and published in 8 AD. Detail from “Primavera” by Sandro Botticelli. Painted ca. [read more…]