The Chicago Symphony Chorus is showcased on this program, performing Barber’s Prayers of Kierkegaard, Poulenc’s Gloria, Bruckner’s Helgoland, and—with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus Górecki’s a cappella Euentes ibant et flebant. The broadcast concludes with the Chorus’s first release, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, recorded in March 1959 under the baton of Fritz Reiner.
A Choral Celebration

Playlist
Prayers of Kierkegaard, by Samuel Barber
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Schenck, conductor; Sarah Reese, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
Helgoland, by Anton Bruckner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
Euntes ibant et flebant, Op. 32, by Henryk Górecki
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; John Nelson, conductor; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus
Alexander Nevsky, by Sergei Prokofiev
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner, conductor; Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director