Listen to an expertly curated stream of classical Christmas & holiday music, available around the clock this Winter season.
YourClassical MPR’s live broadcast of 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' from King's College, Cambridge, with host Michael Barone, has ended and on-demand audio is no longer available. Join us on Christmas Eve 2025 for another unforgettable service.
Here is a day-by-day guide to all of our special holiday programming for the 2024 season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve.
We offered a variety of classical specials for the holiday season, from Christmas to New Year's Day. Did you miss one? Catch up any time that's convenient using this comprehensive listing. Listen now!
You ranked your favorite holiday tunes. Now, they’ve been compiled into ‘YourClassical Christmas Favorites,’ hosted by Tom Crann and Valerie Kahler. Listen now!
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra presents a program intertwined with comedy and tragedy featuring music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn and Sibelius. Listen to the concert now!
For one and a half centuries, St. Olaf College has been a hub of connections, knowledge and growth. And for more than a century, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival has been a cherished part of that history. Join us as we celebrate their legacy.
Each December, the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, rings out with the sacred and the exuberant: the sounds of the Christmas season. Enjoy the 2023 program, ‘Love, the Rose, Is on the Way.’
Christmas With Cantus weaves together holiday stories with time-honored carols and new classics. Blending narration and song, the program offers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and joy of the holiday season. Listen now!
Celebrate the season with song! Steve Staruch hosts this one-hour program of holiday favorites, new and old, presented live in concert by Chanticleer, the two-time Grammy-winning 12-man ensemble known as ‘an orchestra of voices.’
This year’s annual residency by the Voces8 U.S. Scholars at Minnesota Public Radio attained new heights thanks to a special appearance by Lyyra. They joined forces for the holiday classic ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’ before the Scholars went solo for a delightful ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman.’ Watch now!
Janackova Philharmonic Ostrava
Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Dolce Wind Quintet
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
Philip Barnes, conductor
Arsys
Pierre Cao, conductor
Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)
Met Stars At Christmas
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, conductor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, conductor
Canadian Brass
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tecwyn Evans, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass
The OK Factor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Douglas Gamley, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Allan Wilson, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Artaria Quartet
Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas
The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe
Vienna Boys Choir
Christian Schulz, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Ensemble Wien
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Dallas Wind Symphony
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Jasper String Quartet
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
London Brass
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
