Maestros Barenboim, Boulez, and Solti conduct the CSO with the Chicago Symphony Chorus under the direction of chorus founder Margaret Hillis.
A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight
Margaret Hillis onstage in Orchestra Hall in 1978 (Terry’s Photography)
Playlist
Anton Bruckner: Psalm 150
Ruth Welting, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Margaret Hillis, director
Béla Bartók: Cantata profana
John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Pierre Boulez, conductor; Margaret Hillis, director
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Bernd Weikl, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Margaret Hillis, director