In a pre-pandemic photo. the Hartford Symphony Orchestra performs at its Talcott Mountain Music Festival.
“Hartford Symphony Orchestra is preparing—as best it can, without knowing what COVID realities await—to return to its traditional series of summer concerts, including the popular Talcott Mountain music series, just a few months from now,” writes Christopher Arnott in Thursday’s (2/25) Hartford Courant (CT). Last summer’s Talcott Mountain concerts were cancelled due to the pandemic. “The symphony hopes to hold four weeks of ‘Summer Splash’ concerts in various Hartford communities and some suburbs as soon as the third week in May, says HSO Executive Director Steve Collins. The concerts will be free in Hartford and may be ticketed elsewhere. Then in early July, starting with the traditional ‘Celebrate America’ concert … the symphony hopes to resume its weekly Talcott Mountain music series in Simsbury…. Official announcements won’t likely be made until May. Whatever is arranged ‘must be scaled to whatever state regulations are in place at the time,’ Collins says…. Outdoor concerts have been easier to hold during COVID than indoor ones, but the symphony is also starting to think about moving inside [to The Bushnell] again [in fall of 2021]…. Since last spring the symphony has created many hours of online programming.”
