The Sydney Symphony has recruited Simon Cobcroft as Associate Principal Cello.
He has been playing until now in the Adelaide Symphony, after a spell in the dreaded Malaysian Philharmonic.
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.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Intriguing connections in Anja Bihlmaier & BBC Philharmonic's Prom including Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Jamie Barton & Clay Hilley, yet perhaps better heard on BBC Sounds")
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