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Last Word: Hans Werner Henze, Emanuel Steward, Jacques Barzun, Yash Chopra, Terry Callier

Hans Werner Henze, Emanuel Steward, Jacques Barzun, Yash Chopra, Terry Callier

02/11/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Hans Werner Henze, Emanuel Steward, Jacques Barzun, Yash Chopra, Terry Callier

John Wilson on Hans Werner Henze, Emanuel Steward, Jacques Barzun and Yash Chopra.

Obituary series. John Wilson on composer Hans Werner Henze, boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, historian Jacques Barzun, Bollywood director Yash Chopra and singer Terry Callier.

On Last Word this week:

Hans Werner Henze, one of the great post-war German composers, remembered by fellow composer Mark Antony Turnage.

Boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who coached Lennox Lewis and others to world titles.

Eminent cultural historian and philosopher Jacques Barzun, author of more than 40 books.

Indian director Yash Chopra, who made some of the best-loved Bollywood films.

And tributes to jazz and soul singer Terry Callier from DJ Gilles Peterson and Paul Weller.

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