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Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, episode 10: „Opening Night“

 von Moritz Eggert

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, episode 10: „Opening Night“

The concert master playing the Sibelius concerto, one of the most demanding pieces in the whole repertoire, unprepared, on short notice, without practicing it at all….is just bullshit, complete bullshit. And Rodrigo again forgets to tune the violin that is handed to him. Probably his fingers have perfect pitch and always know how to change position to stay in tune, something that even Paganini wouldn’t have managed.

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, Episode 3: „Silent Symphony“

 von Moritz Eggert

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, Episode 3: „Silent Symphony“

SILENT SYMPHONY 1. Rodrigo’s assistant standing directly behind him during the orchestra rehearsal? This would be considered extremely rude and inappropriate in real life. Conductor’s assistants usually sit in the hall making notes. 2. Rodrigo’s conducting again is awful – he would be laughed off stage if he tried that...

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, Episode 2: FIFTH CHAIR

 von Moritz Eggert

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“, Episode 2: FIFTH CHAIR

Of course there is nothing wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“. It’s a great and funny series with fantastic actors, witty scripts and a theme that is not of your usual run-of-the-mill comedy soap. It is also based on a book which I recommended in the Neue Musikzeitung a while ago, even though readers will recognize little from the true life stories of New York oboist Blair Tindall in the TV version.
Nevertheless, watching the series as a classical musician makes you wonder how much exactly the producers actually know about the real world of classical music. And I don’t mean the sex and the drugs, because these certainly exist in classical music.
And because nitpicking is kind of fun, I present to you an ongoings series of in-depth analysis of the mistakes or at least idiosyncracies that crop up in…

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“ – Episode 1, PILOT

 von Moritz Eggert

Everything that is wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“ – Episode 1, PILOT

Of course there is nothing wrong with „Mozart in the Jungle“. It’s a great and funny series with fantastic actors, witty scripts and a theme that is not your usual run-of-the-mill comedy soap. It is also based on a book which I recommended in the Neue Musikzeitung a while ago, even though readers will recognize little from the true life stories of Blair Tindall in the TV version.
Nevertheless, watching the series as a classical musician makes you wonder how much exactly the producers actually know about the real world of classical music. And I don’t mean the sex and the drugs, because these certainly exist in classical music.
And because nitpicking is kind of fun, I present to you an ongoings series of in-depth analysis of the mistakes or at least idiosyncracies that crop up in…

Das kurze Ende des langen Schwanzes

 von Moritz Eggert

Das kurze Ende des langen Schwanzes

Die internettechnisch unermüdliche und gitarrentechnisch überragende Heike Matthiesen hat mich per retweet auf einen der pessimistischsten Artikel zur Zukunft der Musikbranche aufmerksam gemacht, den ich je gelesen habe, von Stefan Goldmann in der – wo sonst, wenn man sich die tägliche Dosis Depression holen will –
Das passt so richtig zum momentanen Wetter!