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!
Mark Small, guitar
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Sarahbanda
Sarah Willis, horn
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Goran Sollscher, guitar
Washington Chorus
Robert Shafer, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Gesualdo Six
Hodie: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres
Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
Baltimore Consort
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Canadian Brass
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Alexis Ffrench, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Septura
Gregorian Singers
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
Eric Stark, conductor
David Duncan, piano
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
Waverly Consort
Michael Jaffee, conductor
Joel Frederiksen, bass-baritone
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Cantus
Ihr Kinderlein kommet (O Come Little Children)
Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar
Rossini Hayward, guitar
The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade for Strings
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Chad Lawson, piano
Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)
Light Of Gold: A Cappella Sf Christmas
Cappella SF
Ragnar Bohlin, conductor
