Review of Philharmonia

I wanted to like this show since I am a composer but the show is just ridiculously wrong about every element of classical music. The actress is clearly not a conductor. She bobs her head and body, which would make it impossible to follow her, even if she was conducting the right meters. Orchestras hire conductors after extensive searches, and they do not have unilateral rights to fire and hire musicians. They announce the repertoire a year (sometimes two) in advance. After the lack lust4r performance of some era horse, they clap for her and like a giddy school girl she stands there and laughs. Lordy, is it a terrible show? As a composer I was embarrassed by the "new" composition by her husband, it sounded like a student work, just terrible. I almost cried when they buried her Mother's violin with her. How ridiculous to think a true musician would destroy a good violin and one connected to her Mother. I could write much more here but it is not worth it here. If you do not know much about classical music do not start here. Finally the premiere that happens at the end of the show, is the worst drivel. Somehow magically, the conductor plays a duo concerto, she has never rehearsed, on violin she has never played before, with her crazy first violin protégé. A children's choir, part of the work, miraculously has been able to learn this music, when as far as we know, it was finished only the day before. Oh yes, and who copied the music for the payers in less than 24 hours? It is all just too much to take.