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!
United States Air Force Band
Lowell E. Graham, conductor
Chilly Gonzales, piano
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Pavel Snajdr, conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor
Chanticleer
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Bach Choir
John Rutter, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Sarahbanda
Sarah Willis, horn
Dallas Wind Symphony
Jerry Junkin, conductor
Cantemus Chamber Choir
Huw Williams, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Jack Anthony Pott, tenor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
Voces8 Foundation Orchestra
Barnaby Smith, conductor
Jack Liebeck, violin
Roman Nagel, piano
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Phoenix Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tecwyn Evans, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Old Christmas Music: Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella
Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Cantus
Alexis Ffrench, piano
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Voces8
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, Etc / Argerich, Abbado
Martha Argerich, piano
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Xavier de Maistre, harp
Isthmus Brass
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ziegler, conductor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Douglas Gamley, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Luther College Nordic Choir
Craig Arnold, conductor
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Simon Preston, organ
