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!
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Vienna Philharmonic
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Susann McDonald, harp
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
Edward Scissorhands: Castle on the Hill
Edward Scissorhands Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra
Shirley Walker, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper, conductor
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset, conductor
RIAS Chamber Choir
Rene Jacobs, conductor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert, conductor
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Liszt - Solti
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano, conductor
Andrew Wan, violin
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Salut Salon
Ensemble Dreiklang
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Hans Fagius, organ
Cleveland Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
John Williams, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Cologne Radio Orchestra
Helmut Froschauer, conductor
Michael Lewin, piano
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langree, conductor
Natalie Dessay, soprano
Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lapunov, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Nic Raine, conductor
Michael Ponti, piano
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Alan Feinberg, piano
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Georg Solti, conductor
2CELLOS
Der Erlkonig (The Elf King)
Bach-Busoni, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Liszt: Music without Words
Murray Perahia, piano
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Laszlo Kovacs, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Corpse Bride: Into the Forest
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra
Nick Ingman, conductor
Kathryn Stott, piano
Studio Orchestra
Eric Parkin, piano
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, conductor
Angele Dubeau, violin
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Ernest Tomlinson, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
E.T.: The Magic of Halloween
Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Studio Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Paul Jacobs, piano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Shannon Lee, violin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Studio Orchestra
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: selections
Masters And Commanders: Music From Seafaring Film Classics
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Clara Rockmore, theremin
Conrad Tao, piano
Night on Mount Triglav: Sabbath of the Infernal Spirits and Infernal Rondo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langree, conductor
Natalie Dessay, soprano
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Anderson & Roe Piano Duo
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Paris Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Suite No. 1: In a Haunted Forest
Recordings Of The Society For The Preservation Of The American Musical Heritage
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger, conductor
Salut Salon
Royal Philharmonic Pops
Elmer Bernstein, conductor
Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lapunov, conductor
Edward Scissorhands: Castle on the Hill
Edward Scissorhands Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Studio Orchestra
Shirley Walker, conductor
Cologne Radio Orchestra
Helmut Froschauer, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Ensemble Dreiklang
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Bjarte Engeset, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Scythian Suite: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits of Darkness
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Scythian Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
