The Omaha Symphony has announced a restructured 2020-21 season that will begin in January 2021, with newly designed Masterworks, Joslyn, Pops, Rocks, Movies, and Family subscription series. “While we hoped to begin our 100th anniversary season in September, the need to adapt these plans has become clear,” said President and CEO Jennifer Boomgaarden in a press release. The first concert of the season will take place on January 10, 2021 at the Joslyn Art Museum with Thomas Wilkins, in his final season as music director, leading music by Haydn, Delius, Piazzolla, Vaughan Williams, and Robin Olson, with Concertmaster Susanna Perry Gilmore as soloist. The first Masterworks program, on January 15-16 at the Holland Center, will feature Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, Glinka’s Capriccio Brillante, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with soloist André Watts. Music Director Designate Ankush Kumar Bahl will conduct a program of Mendelssohn and Sibelius in February, and a collaborative April program with Opera Omaha will feature music by Wagner and Strauss, with soprano Karen Slack and baritone Craig Irvin. The season will feature standard repertoire as well as music by Michael Daugherty, John Williams, Anna Clyne, Eric Ewazen, William Grant Still, Walter Piston, and Gabriela Lena Frank.
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