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!
Mirandola Ensemble
Scott Sandersfeld, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Burning River Brass
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Il est ne, le divin enfant (Now is born the divine Christ child)
Christmas A Cappella: Songs from Around the World
Chicago a cappella
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor
Carols for Choir and Orchestra
Christmas At St. Olaf 2009: Light Of All Creation...Scatter The Darkness
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite
Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
William Wilder, percussion
Miro Quartet
Chanticleer
Megan Metheney, harp
Brigham Young University Singers
Andrew Crane, conductor
Jacob Hasler, piano
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Kelly Yost, piano
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Valley Chamber Chorale
True North Brass
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
Roberto Sorrentino, cello
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Gloucestershire Wassail; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Sussex Carol
Ancient Noels
Ensemble Galilei
Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer
A Christmas Carol: Suite
It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Nicolas Haigh, organ
King's Chapel Choir, Canterbury
James Galway, flute
Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Greg Funfgeld, conductor
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Petrdlik, conductor
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Sarah Grudem, harp
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
