It is an idea that has been around for some time: The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, who have been locked out by management since Oct. 1, 2012, announced on Thursday that they will present a series of 10 concerts on their own, without management involvement. And in a sign of where the music world’s sympathies are, they have lined up a few big-name guests, most notably the violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell.

Notable, too, is that Osmo Vanska, the renowned Finnish conductor who resigned as the orchestra’s music director in October – once it was clear that the ensemble would have to cancel two Carnegie Hall concerts scheduled for November – is to lead the orchestra in four of the concerts, including a program devoted to one of his specialties, the Sibelius symphonies.

The concerts begin on Jan. 10 and 11, with Hugh Wolff, the former music director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, conducting a program that may be meant to signify the death of the Minnesota Orchestra as patrons knew it: among the works to be performed are Britten’s “Sinfonia da Requiem” and Mozart’s Requiem. The schedule also includes an all-American program, with a recent work by Judd Greenstein; Mr. Vanska conducting the Sibelius First and Fourth Symphonies; Michael Stern conducting Mr. Bell; and another program led by Mr. Vanska with the pianist William Wolfram as the soloist. Mr. Perlman’s program, in which he is both soloist and conductor, closes the season on May 14.

The players told The Minneapolis Star Tribune that they have applied for nonprofit status, and that having won the right to receive tax-deductible donations, they have raised $650,000 in concert revenues and donations.