SILENT SYMPHONY
\n1.\tRodrigo\u2019s assistant standing directly behind him during the orchestra rehearsal? This would be considered extremely rude and inappropriate in real life. Conductor\u2019s assistants usually sit in the hall making notes.<\/p>\n
2.\tRodrigo\u2019s conducting again is awful \u2013 he would be laughed off stage if he tried that in front of a real orchestra. The actor is great and very funny, but better give him a better conducting coach, please\u2026and his talk about the \u201csilence between the notes\u201d is basically Cage misunderstood by a screen writer. <\/p>\n
3.\tOrchestra rehearsal breaks are 15 minutes minimum (in Moldavia 20 minutes because they all have to smoke). Not 10 minutes. They wouldn\u2019t bother.<\/p>\n
4.\tHailey\u2019s only income is from a single private kid student? How does (did) she manage to live with an estimated 200,- USD income per month? In New York? No wonder she desperately needs a job!<\/p>\n
5.\tNice touch to have Malcolm McDowell sing Beethoven\u2019s 9th during the podcast interview (as a nod to his performance as \u201cAlex\u201d in \u201cClockwork Orange\u201d) \u2013 and in general a great and fantastic scene that is expertly written and performed by both actors (even though conducting competitions for 12 year olds don\u2019t exist, but well) . But come on: the Silent Symphony rehearsal afterwards \u2013 that\u2019s just utter bollocks. The orchestra musicians would beg to have Pembridge back after such a stint! Also interesting is the fact that some musicians have their instruments on their knees and others seem to miss them completely. Where have they put them? Perhaps they forgot them outside because of the 10-minute break\u2026<\/p>\n
6.\tTrying to chat up female orchestra members on the lady\u2019s toilet after a rehearsal can cost a male conductor his job. How does he know she won\u2019t file a complaint?<\/p>\n
7.\tThe chair of the orchestra committee cannot just appoint Cynthia as his successor, even in a sentimental mood in a hospital bed \u2013 this is usually a democratic vote. No wonder she seems uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
8.\tThe image of the hospital staff completely stopping work and coming to listen to somebody playing something not that really interesting on a violin to a patient is a nice idea\u2026.which would never happen in real life!<\/p>\n
9.\tYou all expect me to say that the timpani player dealing with drugs is unrealistic? Well\u2026Let\u2019s say I\u2019ve heard of weirder stuff done by orchestra musicians during my career\u2026<\/p>\n
10.\tSo they actually did go through with that \u201cHear the Hair\u201d ad campaign after Rodrigo threw a fit about it in the second episode? He seems to get no respect from this orchestra, which might have to do with his silly rehearsal methods\u2026<\/p>\n
11.\tNobody ever practices the oboe 5 hours a day for every day of the week. It\u2019s a physical thing \u2013 your embouchure would go to pieces if you did that (and your brain would explode because of the constant pressure). But ok, Hailey is really desperate and she is probably exaggerating to sound more dramatic. But come on\u2026.\u201dI have no social life\u201d??? Everybody plus the cab driver is having the hots for cute Hailey and she seemed popular enough at the party. Is that \u201chaving no social life\u201d? This is like Ashton Kutcher complaining about having too few Twitter followers\u2026<\/p>\n
To be continued…
\nMoritz Eggert<\/p>\n