my first columbo . rather enjoy it . great format and and peter falk character extremely good . wonderfully quirky and he can take his place next to poirot and miss marple and and also the like of marlowe and rick diamond . i can see why this series have such a follow . a a professional musician and i have to say a few thing . first of all and a conductor who merely produce these pedestrian performance of the most basic example of the repertoire ( eine kleine nachtmusik and strauss waltz and beethoven . ) be never go to have a house like that or fame like that or car like that and much less be call a genius . and the conducting that the actor do be so bad a to be laughable . no orchestra would take him seriously . there be several little thing too and such a his rehearsal of eine kleine nachtmusik ( why rehearse it when they have just perform it for tv . any orchestral musician would be able to play it in his or her sleep anyway . ) . his instruction to the ensemble be downright nonsensical and and when columbo ask blythe danner what quasi fantasia mean and she say it latin . it italian and a be the vast majority of musical instruction . and finally and no two great musician would ever have the following interchange represent play something . what should i play . chopin . music be their job and passion and they know it well . something far more specific would be ask for and and offer . i know . i should get out more .