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Rio de Janeiro: Framing Events

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Last broadcast on Mon, 14 Sep 2009, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Donald Macleod explores the cities that were important to Villa-Lobos, focusing on the impact on him of Rio de Janeiro - the place where the composer was born and died.

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Rudepoema
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Matthew Best (conductor)
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Broadcasts

  1. Mon 14 Sep 2009
    12:00
    BBC Radio 3
  2. Mon 14 Sep 2009
    22:00
    BBC Radio 3

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