A Musical Journey: Switzerland, Museo Vela

The Museo Vela is at Ligornetto in the Swiss-Italian canton of Ticino. The galleries have remarkable collections of the works of the Vela family, Lorenzo, Vincenzo and his son Spartaco. Music for the visit is by Chopin, with his piano preludes, written principally during the winter of 1838-39 that he spent in Mallorca with his mistress, the writer George Sand.