Top ten music stories of 2011 on Slipped Disc
mainUnlike the general run of journa-lists, the annual tally on Slipped Disc is not a subjective crawl through the cuttings file but a verified chart of the stories that were most read on this site since January 2011. Many are hard news items that were broken here or post by artists that we published first. Interestingly most of the stories continue to be read every day, months after publication, giving them an unforseen online afterlife.
Enough of the preamble. Here’s the chart in ascending order of popularity.
At number 10, it is
Head of music school resigns. No comment.
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/10/head-of-music-school-resigns-no-comment.html
Number 9
The Proms attack – a reflection by a leading British cellist
The distinguished cellist Steven Isserlis sent the following letter to the Guardian newspaper after the attack on the Israel Philharmonic at the Proms. It was not published there for almost a week, so we are giving it first airing here:
Number 8
‘Sexual bullying’, unfounded claims and the headless music school
Number 7
Something missing in this string quartet? (like, their clothes…)
Look hard. Look very hard. Oh, they’ve forgotten to get dressed for the promo pic. Happens all the time.
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/07/something-missing-in-this-string-quartet.html
Number 6
How to buy a record review
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/10/how-to-buy-a-record-review.html
Number 5
Breaking: Leading tenor in battle for his life after road accident (update)
Reports are coming in from Italy that Salvatore Licitra is in critical condition in hospital after a road accident. Say a prayer for his recovery.
Number 4
Just in: London Philharmonic disrupter comes out to face the music
The following letter has been received at Slipped Disc from the apparent perpetrator of the LPO Bruckner disturbance. I could not possibly comment. But you can.
Number 3
Gidon Kremer’s rebellion – a leading maestro voices his support
The conductor Fabio Luisi, music director at Zurich Opera and principal guest at the Met, has issued a personal endorsement of Gidon Kremer’s attack on the machinations of the classical music industry and its manufacture of fake stars.
Number 2
Germany votes extra 50 million Euros for culture, And your government is doing what?
And at number 1, the most read story of 2011 on Slipped Disc is, by a huge margin:
Gidon Kremer: why I quit the celebrity ratrace
The great violinist has sent me the original, private letter that he sent to the Verbier Festival, announcing his withdrawal. I publish it with his permission and with that of Martin Engstroem, the Verbier director to whom it was addressed.
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/07/gidon-kremer-why-i-quit-the-celebrity-ratrace.html
The repercussions of Gidon’s attack on the festival industry will continue to resonate through 2012 and beyond – to the benefit of artists and audiences and the discomfiture of old-fashioned managements.
Happy New Year to you all.
Norman
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