Villa-Lobos, Ravel Correspondence, Iestyn Davies, Boulevard Solitude

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Tom Service explores the life and music of Villa-Lobos ahead of the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion day on the Brazilian composer. As Radio 3 prepares for its Ravel Day on Friday, Tom visits the British Library with musicologist Stephen Johnson to look at the correspondence between Ravel and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He talks to countertenor Iestyn Davies during rehearsals for English National Opera's new production of Handel's Rodelinda and travels to Cardiff to review a rare production of Henze's opera Boulevard Solitude at Welsh National Opera.