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Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Chicago Symphony Chorus began on September 22, 1957, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 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. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Orff: Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Hallelujah Chorus
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"
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Orff: Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Albums

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Ives: Orchestral Set Nos 1 & 2

2024
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

1996
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Bach, J.S. St. Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses

1987
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Sony Classical Masters

2010
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Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons)

1993
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Liszt: A Faust Symphony

1986
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Psalm 150

2000
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Bach, J.S.: Mass in B minor

1991
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

1997
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Verdi: Otello

1991

Videos

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O Fortuna (Sub esp)

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Carmina Burana ~ Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - Fortune plango vulnera (Carl Orff ) - english lyrics

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Primo Vere - Ecce Gratum

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mathaus Passion

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O Fortuna (slowed + reverb)

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Anton Bruckner - Helgoland Cantata (1893)

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Death Note - O Fortuna (sub. español)

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Bear Down Chicago Bears with lyrics

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Lacrymosa. Requiem de Guiseppe Verdi Direction Daniel Barenboim

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In Taberna - In Taberna Quando Sumus

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