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And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.

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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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