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Philip Cobb

Philip Cobb

Principal Trumpet of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, formerly Principal Trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra (appointed at age 21)

Jul 31, 2026

54:33
You've got Phil the Younger and Phil the Elder.
54:39
I mean, you were somebody I, you know, hugely admired, admire, and certainly as a young Salvation Army boy, and that might sound like I'm...
54:53
Putting down that tradition or where I came from, I'm still extremely proud of it.
54:59
But I didn't know anything about orchestras and how to play in an orchestra or even think about playing the trumpet, really.
55:07
But there were books you used to send to the family, etc., etc., which I can only thank you for the recordings.
55:15
I've got two questions for you on that, though.
55:17
One is, is there a particular recording you've done that you're most proud of? but the second one that I this is a bit of a you talk about geeking out over mouthpieces but this is my sort of geek moment because I the other another trumpet player I grew up idolising was of course Morris Murphy And when I was fortunate enough to get the first trumpet job at the LSO, when I landed that, I thought, wow, this is me set.

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