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Front Row: Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed; Maxim Vengerov interviewed

Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed; Maxim Vengerov interviewed

30/04/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed; Maxim Vengerov interviewed

Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed, violinist Maxim Vengerov interviewed, American Pie reheated.

Arts news and interviews with John Wilson, including violinist Maxim Vengerov, Robert Winston on Da Vinci's anatomical drawings, and a review of American Pie's latest comedy feast.

With John Wilson. 

Professor Robert Winston surveys a major exhibition of Leonardo Da Vinci's anatomical drawings, on show at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. 

Acclaimed violinist Maxim Vengerov reveals why he unexpectedly stopped performing as a soloist, and why he's now returning to the concert platform.

Poet Lemn Sissay discusses how his poem for the Olympic Park, inspired by a local match factory, has gained a new meaning following the news about the possible placement of surface-to-air missiles in the area. 

Andrew Collins decides whether American Reunion, the latest film in the American Pie series, is fully or half-baked.

Producer Stephen Hughes.

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