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Chicago Symphony Chorus
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Classical
The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus first performed in March and April 1958.
Members
 | Rich Brunner voc US |
 | Mary Ann Beatty voc |
| James P. Yarbrough voc |
| Edward K. Osaki voc |
| Kip Snyder voc, b |
| Charles M. Olson voc, b |
| Kathy Kerchner voc |
| Gail Friesema voc |
| Elizabeth Hare |
| Sarah Herbert |
Popular Tracks 
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Part One: 1. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen on Bach, J.S. St. Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses by Johann Sebastian Bach, Various Artists, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra J.S. Bach: J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" on Bach 101 by Johann Sebastian Bach Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": I. Allegro maestoso on Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler & Bernard Haitink Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: "Hallelujah" on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Nabucco / Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" on Essential Verdi by Giuseppe Verdi & Various Artists Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna" on Orff: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, June Anderson, Philip Creech, Bernd Weikl, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & James Levine Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - "Choral" - 4.: "O Freunde nicht diese Töne" - on Ode To Joy From Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Sir Georg Solti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai on Beethoven: Symphony No.9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Jessye Norman, Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk, Hans Sotin, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti Fidelio op.72 / Act 1: "O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!" on Beethoven: Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven, Sir Georg Solti, Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Hans Sotin, Sona Ghazarian, David Kübler, Theo Adam, Gwynne Howell, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Otello / Act 1: "Esultate!" on Verdi: Otello by Giuseppe Verdi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Leo Nucci, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg SoltiTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messa da Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Barbara Frittoli / Olga Borodina, Mario Zeffiri / Ildar Abdrazakov, Chicago Symphony Chorus | 2010 | Album |
| Daphnis et Chloé / Gloria | Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Jessica Rivera, Bernard Haitink | 2009 | Album |
| Mahler 2 | Gustav Mahler, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Miah Persson, Christianne Stotijn, Bernard Haitink | 2009 | Album |
| Symphonies (Symphony Of Psalms · In C · In 3 Movements) | Igor Stravinsky - Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1999 | Album |
| La Marseillaise | Placido Domingo, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 1998 | Single |
| Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg | Richard Wagner, Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, José van Dam, Ben Heppner, Karita Mattila, Iris Vermillion, Alan Opie, Herbert Lippert, René Pape | 1997 | Album |
| Daniel BARENBOIM BERLIOZ RAVEL | Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, Donald Peck | 1996 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 13 'Babi Yar' | Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Aleksashkin, Anthony Hopkins, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1995 | Album |
| Otello | Luciano Pavarotti · Giuseppe Verdi · Kiri Te Kanawa · Leo Nucci · The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus · Georg Solti | 1995 | Album |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Placido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 1994 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis Op. 123 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1994 | Album |
| El Mesías (Selección) / La Creación (Selección) | Georg Friedrich Händel / Joseph Haydn – Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1993 | Album |
| Oedipus Rex | Igor Stravinsky, Philip Langridge • Florence Quivar • James Morris • Jan-Hendrik Rootering • Donald Kaasch • Jules Bastin, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Levine | 1993 | Album |
| Cantata Profana Sz 94 / The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (Op. 13) | Béla Bartók - Pierre Boulez, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1992 | Album |
| Otello | Giuseppe Verdi · Luciano Pavarotti / Kiri Te Kanawa / Leo Nucci / Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1991 | Album |
| Otello (Excerpts) | Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci, Georg Solti, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1991 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 | Charles Ives - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1991 | Album |
| Messiah - Great Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1991 | Album |
| The Lovers / Prayers Of Kierkegaard | Samuel Barber - Dale Duesing, Sarah Reese, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Andrew Schenck | 1991 | Album |
| Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Arias And Choruses) | Johann Sebastian Bach / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tom Krause / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1990 | Album |
| Choruses | Giuseppe Verdi, Chicago Symphony Chorus Director: Margaret Hillis - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1990 | Album |
| Hallelujah - Famous Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1989 | Compil. |
| La Damnation De Faust | Hector Berlioz, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Frederica von Stade, Malcolm King, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1989 | Album |
| Daniel Barenboim - Brahms | Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Janet Williams, Thomas Hampson, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1988 | Compil. |
| Holidays Symphony • The Unanswered Question • Central Park In The Dark | Charles Ives - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven - Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1987 | Album |
| Ludwig Van Beethoven; The Nine Symphonies, Volume III | Ludwig van Beethoven, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Pilar Lorengar, Yvonne Minton, Stuart Burrows, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis | 1987 | Compil. |
| A Faust Symphony | Franz Liszt / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1986 | Album |
| Bear Down, Chicago Bears | Georg Solti Conducts The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1986 | Album |
| Messiah Arias & Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1986 | Album |
| Carmina Burana | Carl Orff - June Anderson · Bernd Weikl · Philip Creech, Chicago Symphony Chorus And The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1985 | Album |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis, Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1985 | Album |
| Moses Und Aron | Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1985 | Album |
| A German Requiem | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård • Chicago Symphony Chorus • Margaret Hillis • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra • James Levine | 1984 | Album |
| A German Requiem / Songs Of Brahms | Johannes Brahms - Kathleen Battle • Håkan Hagegård, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine | 1984 | Album |
| Sinfonía Nº 9 En Re Menor, Opus 125 "Coral" 1º Parte | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1983 | Album |
| Sinfonía Nº 9 En Re Menor, Opus 125 "Coral" 2º Parte | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1983 | Album |
| Die Schöpfung | Joseph Haydn, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1982 | Album |
| La Damnation De Faust | Hector Berlioz, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Riegel, Frederica von Stade, José van Dam, Malcolm King, Georg Solti | 1982 | Album |
| Fidelio Highlights | Ludwig van Beethoven, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann, Hans Sotin, Theo Adam | 1981 | Album |
| Symphonie No. 8 - Te Deum | Anton Bruckner, Daniel Barenboim, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Jessye Norman, Yvonne Minton, David Rendall, Samuel Ramey | 1981 | Album |
| Symphonie Nr. 7/ Helgoland • 150. Psalm | Anton Bruckner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Daniel Barenboim, Ruth Welting | 1980 | Album |
| Fidelio | Ludwig Van Beethoven - Hildegard Behrens • Peter Hofmann • Hans Sotin • Theo Adam • Sona Ghazarian • David Kuebler • Gwynne Howell • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1980 | Album |
| The Flying Dutchman - Highlights | Richard Wagner • Georg Solti, Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, Martti Talvela, René Kollo, Werner Krenn, Isola Jones, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1979 | Album |
| A German Requiem - Variations On A Theme By Haydn | Johannes Brahms / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti, Bernd Weikl, Margaret Hillis | 1979 | Album |
| Four Sacred Pieces | Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven - Lucia Popp, Yvonne Minton, Mallory Walker, Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Margaret Hillis | 1978 | Album |
| Der Fliegende Holländer | Richard Wagner - Norman Bailey, Janis Martin, René Kollo, Isola Jones, Werner Krenn, Martti Talvela, Chicago Symphony Chorus & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1977 | Album |
| Symphonie No.2 | Gustav Mahler, Marilyn Horne, Carol Neblett, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | 1977 | Album |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Georg Solti, Leontyne Price, Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1977 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 In D Minor | Gustav Mahler - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Marilyn Horne | 1976 | Album |
| Messe In H-Moll | Johann Sebastian Bach, Felicity Lott · Anne Sofie Von Otter · Hans Peter Blochwitz · William Shimell · Gwynne Howell, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1974 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral' | Ludwig van Beethoven - Georg Solti / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus / Pilar Lorengar / Yvonne Minton / Stuart Burrows / Martti Talvela | 1972 | Album |
| Symphonies 1 And 9 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Fritz Reiner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | 1962 | Album |
| The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz 73 / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Sz 106 | Béla Bartók - Pierre Boulez, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus | Album | |
| Te Deum • Helgoland • 150.Psalm | Anton Bruckner, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chicago Symphony Chorus, Daniel Barenboim | Album | |
| Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 | Gustav Mahler, Carol Neblett • Marilyn Horne • Frederica von Stade, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chicago Symphony Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Compil. | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream • Ein Sommernachtstraum • Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete / Rosamunde | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Franz Schubert - Judith Blegen • Florence Quivar • Chicago Symphony Chorus • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra • James Levine | Album |
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