When the Aspen Music Festival and School announced the program for its summer season last week, the big news and the headline was that live music and orchestras would be returning after the long silence of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The comeback of Aspen’s oldest and most storied cultural tradition is monumental and promises to mark the beginning of the post-pandemic era here. But all of the related public health info and chatter about the still-unannounced crowd capacity for Music Fest concerts may, so far, have overshadowed the actual concert lineup and details about the 150 events running July 1 to Aug. 22.