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Chicago Symphony Chorus

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The Chicago Symphony Chorus began on September 22, 1957, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced that Margaret Hillis would organize and train a symphony chorus. The music director Fritz Reiner's original intent was to utilize the chorus for the two weeks of subscription concerts that season, performing George Frideric Handel's Messiah in December and Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem in April. When Bruno Walter informed the orchestra's management that his March 1958 appearances would be his last in Chicago, the board president, Eric Oldberg, insisted that Walter conduct Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem utilizing the new chorus. During that first season, it was logistically impossible for Hillis to audition and prepare a new Chorus for three major works within less than four months. As an interim fix, the Apollo Chorus of Chicago was used for the Christmas Messiah concerts.

History

The Chicago Symphony Chorus gave its informal debut at a private concert for donors on November 30, 1957. Reiner conducted the first half of the concert and Hillis took the podium for the second half, becoming the first woman to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She led the orchestra and chorus in the final section of Henry Purcell's Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day, Randall Thompson's Alleluia and William Billings's Modern Music, and the "Servants' Chorus" from Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale.

Chorus directors

Margaret Hillis (1958–1994)
Duain Wolfe (1994–2022)
Donald Palumbo (2025–present)

Honors and awards

Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance

1977 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: VERDI Requiem

1978 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis

1979 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BRAHMS A German Requiem

1982 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BERLIOZ The Damnation of Faust

1983 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: HAYDN The Creation

1984 - James Levine, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BRAHMS A German Requiem

1986 - James Levine, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: ORFF Carmina Burana

1991 - Sir Georg Solti, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BACH Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

1993 - Pierre Boulez, conductor and Margaret Hillis, chorus director: BARTÓK Cantata profana

2010 - Riccardo Muti, conductor and Duain Wolfe, chorus director: VERDI Messa da Requiem

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