DETROIT – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced its schedule of performances for the 2021-2022 season, saying it hopes live performances can resume in the autumn if the coronavirus pandemic ebbs sufficiently so that can be done safely.
“Now, more than ever before, we must play music for our audiences live in Orchestra Hall,” Jader Bignamini, DSO’s music director, said in a statement announcing the schedule Thursday.
The new season will be the first full season with Bignamini, the Italian conductor appointed music director in early 2020.
That will include season-opening concerts featuring Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome” and “Pines of Rome” in early October.
The DSO also released its schedule for the PNC Pops Season.