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Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva soprano
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
John Osborn tenor
Maharram Huseynov bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) Messe in Es for double choir “Cantus Missae” (1878)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) O sacrum convivium (1937)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) O salutaris hostia
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva soprano
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
John Osborn tenor
Maharram Huseynov bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva soprano
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
John Osborn tenor
Maharram Huseynov bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Elena Guseva soprano
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
John Osborn tenor
Maharram Huseynov bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Salve Regina à5
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Duo seraphim à12
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Let Us Bless the God of Heaven
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Te Deum “Collegium Regale”
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Missa in C “Sparrow Mass”, K. 220
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Veni Sancte Spiritus à5
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Confirma hoc Deus à5
Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591) Factus est repente
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Thomas Tomkins (1572-­1656) First Service
Ned Rorem (1923-2022) God Is Gone Up (1986)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Regina Caeli à4
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) O, clap your hands (1920)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Am Himmelfahrtstage à8, from Sechs Sprüche, op. 79
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Jonathan Dove (b. 1959) Missa brevis (2009)
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Viri Galilaei à5 (prima pars)
Dulos Couillart (fl. 1534) Viri Galilaei
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Missa Brevis in D
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) If Ye Love Me
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Ad coenam agni providi
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611) Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum
Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784) Dextera Domini
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Adoramus te Christe
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785) Missa in C
Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532-1594) Surrexit pastor bonus à5
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) O salutaris hostia
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E (1947)
James MacMillan (b. 1959) Mitte manum tuam from The Strathclyde Motets (2006)

Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Missa Salve Regina (1954)
Kenneth Jennings (1925-2015) With a voice of singing (1964)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Lauda anima mea à5
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Short Service
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Haec dies à4

Charles Wood (1866-1926) Short Communion Service in the Phrygian Mode
Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) Surrexit pastor bonus à6
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Missa Papae Marcelli
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Surrexit pastor bonus à8
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Christ, Our Passover
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532-1585) Maria Magdalene
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum