List of choral symphonies

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, Soloists 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 (1839)
• Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15, by Hector Berlioz (1840)
• 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. 7, Op. 40, Korsymfoni, by Asger Hamerik (1897, rev. 1901-1906)

• 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) *
• Der 100. Psalm, by Max Reger (1910) *
• Natursymphonie, by Siegmund von Hausegger (1911)
• 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. 1 "The Gothic", by Havergal Brian (1919-1927)
• Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 21, by George Enescu (1921)
• Symphony No. 1, KSS30, by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1921–22)
• Symphony No. 6, The Revolutionary, by Nikolai Myaskovsky (1921-1923)
• First Choral Symphony, by Gustav Holst (1924)
• Symphony No. 5, Der Schnitter Tod, by Julius Röntgen (1926)
• Symphony No. 8, Minder ved Amalienborg, BVN. 193, by Rued Langgaard (1926-28, rev. 1929-1934)
• Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14, To October, by Dmitri Shostakovich (1927)
• Symphony No. 6, Rijck God, wie sal ic claghen, by Julius Röntgen (1928) *
• 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. 4, Poem for the Komsomol Fighters, by Lev Knipper (1933/1965)
• Symphony No. 3, The Muses, by Cyril Scott (1937)
• Symphony No. 15, Sørstormen, BVN. 375, by Rued Langgaard (1937, rev. 1949)
• 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)
• Symphony No. 9, Op. 93, Everlasting Times after J. Tuwim and V. Bronievsky, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1940-67)
• Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, Sinfonia Sacra, by Vagn Holmboe (1941) *
• Symphony No. 2, KSS72, Jāmī, by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1942–51)
• Symphony No. 1, Proti Simfonia, by Mikis Theodorakis (1943-45)
• 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)
• Suite (Symphony no. 14), Morgenen, BVN. 336, by Rued Langgaard (1947-48, rev. 1951)
• 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. 8, by Henry Cowell (1952) *
• Symphony No. 10, Amerindia, by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1952-1953)
• Symphony No. 4, da Paz, by Cláudio Santoro (1953)
• Symphony No. 9, Op. 54, Sinfonia Visionaria, by Kurt Atterberg (1956) *
• Deutsche Sinfonie, by Hanns Eisler (1957) *
• Nirvana Symphony, by Toshiro Mayuzumi (1958)
• 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. 6, Op. 79, after Leib Kvitko, Shmuel Halkin and M. Lukonin, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1962-63)
• Symphony No. 3, Kaddish, by Leonard Bernstein (1963)
• Symphony No. 8, Op. 83, Flowers of Poland after J. Tuwim, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1964) *
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 28, Marina, after Marina Tsvetaeva by Boris Tishchenko (1964) *
• 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. 1, Die Heimat, by Kurt Graunke (1969)
• Symphony No. 11, Op. 101, Festive Symphony after various revolutionary poets, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (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. 2, by Avet Terterian (1972)
• Symphony No. 24, Op. 273, Majnun, by Alan Hovhaness (1973)
• Symphony No. 12 De döda på torget (The Dead of the Square), by Allan Pettersson (1973–1974) *
• Symphony No. 2, Sinfonia mistica, by Kenneth Leighton (1974)
• Symphony No. 13, Bicentennial Symphony, by Roy Harris (1976)
• Symphony No. 3, by Wolfgang Rihm (1976-77)
• 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. 15, Op. 119, I Believe in This Earth after M. Dudin, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1977)
• Symphony No. 2, Saint Florian, by Alfred Schnittke (1979)
• Symphony No. 2, The Song of the Earth, by Mikis Theodorakis (1980-81)
• Symphony No. 3, by Mikis Theodorakis (1981-2) *
• Harmonium, by John Adams (1981) *
• Symphony No. 6, by Avet Terterian (1981) *
• Symphony No. 7, Spring-Symphony, by Mikis Theodorakis (1982) *
• 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. 5, by Anatol Vieru (1984-85) *
• Symphony No. 58, Sinfonia Sacra, Op. 389, by Alan Hovhaness (1985)
• Symphony No. 18, Op. 138, War, there is no word more cruel after S. Orlov and A. Tvardovsky, by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1986)
• Symphony No. 4, Symphony of Choirs, by Mikis Theodorakis (1986-87) *
• 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) *
• Lili'uokalani Symphony by Lalo Schifrin (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)
• 2000 Today: A World Symphony for the Millenium, by Tan Dun (1999) *

• Symphony No. 9, The Spirit of Time, by Robert Kyr (2000)
• Symphony No. 4, Star Chant, by Ross Edwards (2001)
• Dante Symphony No. 4, Purgatory, from choreo-symphonic cycle Beatrice, by Boris Tishchenko (2003)
• 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. 3, Planet Earth, by Johan de Meij (2006)
• 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, a choral symphony-concerto for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra set to texts of the poet Brian Turner (2013)
• Symphony No. 10, Alla ricerca di Borromini, Op. 327, by Peter Maxwell Davies (2013)
• Unfinished Remembering by Paul Spicer (2014), a choral symphony for baritone and soprano soloists, orchestra, semi-chorus, and chorus set to a text by Euan Tait.
• Symphony No. 11, Hillsborough Memorial, by Michael Nyman (2014)
• The Legend of Bijan and Manijeh by Farhad Poupel (2020), a choral symphony-concerto for solo piano, chorus, and orchestra.
• The Joyful Mysteries by Daniel Knaggs, a choral symphony for soloists, orchestra, and chorus. (2023)
• TEARFLOODS (HOMAGE TO MIYAZAKI) by Robin Haigh (2025)

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)

Sources

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