List of choral symphonies

Symphonies for chorus and orchestra

Works are listed in chronological order. Works with an asterisk (*) indicate that text is used throughout the entire composition.

• Fantasy in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 80, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) (not a symphony, but one of only two major concerted works to involve a chorus - see also Busoni (below))
• Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, by Ludwig van Beethoven (1824), the "Choral Symphony"
• Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, by Hector Berlioz (1835)
• Lobgesang (also called Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major), Op. 52, by Felix Mendelssohn (1840)
• Faust Symphony, by Franz Liszt (1854)
• Dante Symphony, by Franz Liszt (1856)
• Kullervo, Op. 7, by Jean Sibelius (1892); text from the Kalevala
• Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection, by Gustav Mahler (1894)
• Symphony No. 3 in D minor, by Gustav Mahler (1896)
• Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 26, by Alexander Scriabin (1900)
• Piano Concerto, in C major, Op. 39, by Ferruccio Busoni (1904) (not a symphony, but one of only two major concerted works to involve a chorus - see also Beethoven (above))
• Symphony No. 3, by Guy Ropartz (1905)
• Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major, by Gustav Mahler (1907) *
• A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1), by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1909) *
• Symphony No. 4 in E flat minor, Op. 55, by Joseph Ryelandt (1912)
• The Bells, Op. 35, by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1913) *
• Symphony No. 4, by Charles Ives (1916)
• Symphony No. 3, Op. 27, Song of the Night, by Karol Szymanowski (1916)
• Symphony No. 6, Op. 48, by Charles Tournemire (1917–18)
• A Symphony: New England Holidays, by Charles Ives (1919)
• Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 21, by George Enescu (1921)
• First Choral Symphony, by Gustav Holst (1924)
• Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic", by Havergal Brian (1919-1927)
• Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14, To October, by Dmitri Shostakovich (1927)
• Symphony No. 2, O Holy Lord, by Jan Maklakiewicz (1928)
• Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 20, The First of May, by Dmitri Shostakovich (1929)
• Morning Heroes, by Arthur Bliss (1930) *
• Symphony of Psalms, by Igor Stravinsky (1930) *
• Symphony No. 4, Das Siegeslied, by Havergal Brian (1933) *
• Symphony No. 3, The Muses, by Cyril Scott (1937)
• Symphony No. 4, Folksong Symphony, by Roy Harris (1940)
• Symphony No. 4, The Revelation of Saint John, by Hilding Rosenberg (1940) *
• Symphony No. 6, by Erwin Schulhoff (1940)
• The Airborne Symphony, by Marc Blitzstein (1943–46)
• Den judiska sången, by Moses Pergament (1944)
• Symphony No. 6, In Memoriam, by Alexandre Tansman (1944)
• Symphony No. 5, The Keeper of the Garden, by Hilding Rosenberg (1945)
• Odysseus (Symphony No. 2), by Armstrong Gibbs (first performed 1946)
• Symphony No. 3, Te Deum, by Darius Milhaud (1946)
• Spring Symphony, by Benjamin Britten (1947) *
• Symphony No. 5, by Dimitrie Cuclin (1947)
• Symphony No. 4, The Cycle, by Peter Mennin (1948)
• Symphony No. 10, by Dimitrie Cuclin (1949)
• Symphony No. 12, by Dimitrie Cuclin (1951)
• Symphony No. 9, Op. 54, Sinfonia Visionaria, by Kurt Atterberg (1956) *
• Deutsche Sinfonie, by Hanns Eisler (1957) *
• Symphony No. 12, Op. 188, Choral, by Alan Hovhaness (1960)
• Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 113, Babi Yar, by Dmitri Shostakovich (1962) *
• Symphony No. 3, Kaddish, by Leonard Bernstein (1963)
• Symphony No. 10, Abraham Lincoln, by Roy Harris (1965)
• Vocal Symphony, by Ivana Loudová (1965)
• Choral Symphony, by Jean Coulthard (1967)
• Sinfonia by Luciano Berio (1969)
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 31, Copernicus, by Henryk Górecki (1972) *
• Symphony No. 9 (Sinfonia Sacra), Op. 140, The Resurrection, by Edmund Rubbra (1972) *
• Symphony No. 3, The Icy Mirror, by Malcolm Williamson (1972) *
• Symphony No. 23, Op. 273, Majnun, by Alan Hovhaness (1973)
• Symphony No. 2, Sinfonia mistica, by Kenneth Leighton (1974)
• Symphony No. 13, Bicentennial Symphony, by Roy Harris (1976)
• Symphony No. 5, by Camargo Guarnieri (1977)
• Symphony No. 7, A Sea Symphony, by Howard Hanson (1977) *
• Sinfonia fidei, Op. 95, by Alun Hoddinott (1977)
• Symphony No. 2, Saint Florian, by Alfred Schnittke (1979)
• Harmonium, by John Adams (1981) *
• Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia da Requiem, by József Soproni (1983)
• Symphony No. 6, Aphorisms, by Einar Englund (1984)
• Symphony No. 4, by Alfred Schnittke (1984)
• Symphony No. 58, Sinfonia Sacra, Op. 389, by Alan Hovhaness (1985)
• Symphony No. 7, Pietas by Erkki-Sven Tüür (1987)
• The Dawn Is at Hand, by Malcolm Williamson (1987–89) *
• Symphony No. 3, Journey without Distance, by Richard Danielpour (1989) *
• Symphony No. 7, Op. 116, The Keys of the Kingdom, by Jan Hanuš (1990)
• Leaves of Grass: A Choral Symphony, by Robert Strassburg (1992) ^{[1] [2]}
• Mythodea, by Vangelis (1993) *
• Symphony No. 2, by Philip Bračanin (1995/1997)
• Symphony No. 7, Seven Gates of Jerusalem, by Krzysztof Penderecki (1996)
• Symphony No. 6, Choral, by Carl Vine (1996) *
• Symphony No. 9, by Hans Werner Henze (1997) *
• Symphony 1997: Heaven - Earth - Mankind, by Tan Dun (1997)
• Symphony No. 5, Choral, by Philip Glass (1999) *
• Symphony No. 4, The Gardens, by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1999)
• River Symphony, by Sean O'Boyle (1999)
• Symphony No. 2, by Lowell Liebermann (1999)
• Symphony No. 9, The Spirit of Time, by Robert Kyr (2000)
• Symphony No. 4, Star Chant, by Ross Edwards (2001)
• Symphony No. 7, Toltec, by Philip Glass (2005) *
• Symphony No. 8, Songs of Transitoriness, by Krzysztof Penderecki (2005)
• Symphony No. 2, Festinemus amare homines, by Pawel Lukaszewski (2005)
• Symphony No. 1, Symphony of Providence, by Pawel Lukaszewski (2008)
• Symphony No. 3, Poems and Prayers, by Mohammed Fairouz (2010)
• Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Angels, by Pawel Lukaszewski (2010)
• Dreams of the Fallen, by Jake Runestad, 2013, a choral symphony-concerto for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra
• Unfinished Remembering by Paul Spicer (2014)* Choral Symphony for Baritone and Soprano soloists, orchestra semi-chorus and chorus. Text by Euan Tait.

'Know Yourself' Choral Symphony

Symphonies for unaccompanied chorus

Works are listed in chronological order. These works are scored without orchestra, but the composers nevertheless titled or sub-titled them as symphonies.^[3]

• Atalanta in Calydon, by Granville Bantock (1911)
• Vanity of Vanities, by Granville Bantock (1913)
• A Pageant of Human Life, by Granville Bantock (1913)
• Symphony for Voices, by Roy Harris (1935)
• Symphony for Voices, by Malcolm Williamson (1962)
• Know Yourself - Symphony for Mixed Choir a cappella, by Alexander Shchetynsky (2003)

References

• Kennedy, Michael. The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. ISBN 0-19-311333-3.

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