August 25
Celebrating Margaret Hillis
This broadcast celebrates Margaret Hillis, founder and first director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, featuring three Grammy Award-winning recordings. Bartók’s Cantata profana led by Pierre Boulez is the centerpiece, bookended by an excerpt from Brahms’ German Requiem and Verdi’s monumental Requiem, both under the baton of eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.
Johannes Brahms
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from A German Requiem, Op. 45
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Béla Bartók
Cantata profana
John Aler, tenor; John Tomlinson, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Giuseppe Verd
Messa da Requiem
Leontyne Price, soprano; Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Veriano Luchetti, tenor; José van Dam, bass-baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
Sir Georg Solti, conductor