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Leonardo's Horse completed after 500 Years

After 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci's proposal for a giant bronze horse becomes reality

After 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci' s proposal for a giant bronze horse first commissioned by the Duke of Milan, has been realised, thanks to an American philanthropist Charles Dent. Plus, the Edinburgh Festival and Cullberg Ballet's retrospective of Swedish choroegrapher Mats Ek's work; No Ordinary Angels a "new circus" from Brazil; and composer Philip Glass's Fifth Symphony.

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29 minutes

Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project