Whether you’re vacationing, preparing for the new school year or just getting through the summer heat, this is a very good time of year to bone up on what’s going on in the arts world. Take a look at what you’re reading the rest of the year, too: does your Feedly list need an update? … Read more
Blogs and drama in high form Oh, how Norman Lebrecht loves both to insult and be insulted… The Slipped Disc blogger adds his ‘humph’ to a new Lexus ad circulating the Web, referencing a thoughtful but perhaps overly serious response by Australian cellist Paul Ghica. The ad is clearly satirical, and is actually rather clever. … Read more
Slate, as it often does, started a small firestorm in the online world, with Tuesday’s headline: “Classical music in America is dead.” The author, Mark Vanhoenacker, makes his rambling argument with a pile of statistics, unsupported generalizations about orchestra health, his own riffs on the observations of one respected classical blogger, plus a bizarre array … Read more
