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Front Row: Dr John; David Hare pays tribute to Mike Nichols; Composer John Adams

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Dr John; David Hare pays tribute to Mike Nichols; Composer John Adams

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Dr John; David Hare pays tribute to Mike Nichols; Composer John Adams

Musician Dr John on his tribute to Louis Armstrong and John Adams on his new opera.

John Adams on his latest opera The Gospel According to the Other Mary, New Orleans musician Dr John on Louis Armstrong, and the director of The Graduate, Mike Nichols, remembered.

Blues legend Dr John talks to John Wilson about his tribute album to fellow New Orleans musician Louis Armstrong, and how the project was the result of a visit from Armstrong in a dream.

The American composer John Adams talks about the world stage premiere of his opera The Gospel According to the Other Mary at English National Opera, which tells the Passion story from the perspective of Mary Magdalene.

Following the news of the death of director Mike Nichols, best known for his film The Graduate, actor Adrian Lester, playwright David Hare and writer Patrick Marber pay tribute to the man who won a Grammy, an Oscar, four Emmys and eight Tonys for his film and stage work.

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