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Fifth Chair

Episode aired Dec 23, 2014
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28m

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Malcolm McDowell, Bernadette Peters, Saffron Burrows, Gael García Bernal, and Lola Kirke in Mozart in the Jungle (2014)

Inspired by Hailey's passion, Rodrigo insists that she play with the orchestra, over the objections of Gloria (Bernadette Peters). Veteran maestro Thomas (Malcolm McDowell) tries to rise abo... Read allInspired by Hailey's passion, Rodrigo insists that she play with the orchestra, over the objections of Gloria (Bernadette Peters). Veteran maestro Thomas (Malcolm McDowell) tries to rise above his resentment of Rodrigo, only to face more humiliations. Hailey pays a late night vis... Read allInspired by Hailey's passion, Rodrigo insists that she play with the orchestra, over the objections of Gloria (Bernadette Peters). Veteran maestro Thomas (Malcolm McDowell) tries to rise above his resentment of Rodrigo, only to face more humiliations. Hailey pays a late night visit to Alex, on the eve of her big day -- the moment she's been waiting for.

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Mahler's Eighth Symphony and a Failed Premier

In the previous episode Hailey spend the night with Alex and missed her audition. When she gets to the theater, everyone is gone, so she sits down and plays her oboe. Roderigo is in the wings and hears her. He knows that she is technically really accomplished but lacks the fire for the present. In this episode he decides to do Mahler's 8th Symphony which requires a fifth oboe (one more than is normally in the orchestra. Hailey is hired for this one piece and her nerves sabotage her and she has to leave the rehearsal when the Maestro decides this piece is too ambitious. She is nearly broke so this is a bad scene. She knows how disappointing this is, but she doesn't act like a child. She knows she wasn't ready for the pressure.

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The Lizzie character

I tried to check out this show after it was recommended to me but I just couldn't get past that Lizzie character. Way too obnoxious for me to suffer through in a world with hundreds of other hit and miss "comedy/drama" shows featuring "hip" young folks.

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Mahler's 8th Symphony is popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," because the score requires an enormous orchestra and choir. This is the reason Rodrigo can claim he needs a fifth oboe.

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References Rain Man (1988)

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Lisztomania
Written by Deck D'Arcy (as Frederic Moulin), Thomas Mars (as Thomas Croquet), Christian Mazzalai (as Christian Mazzalai), Laurent Brancowitz (as Laurent Mazzalai)
Performed by Roger Neill