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.’
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Jack Liebeck, conductor
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ziegler, conductor
The Mighty Tubadours
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Cantus
Voces8 Foundation Orchestra
Barnaby Smith, conductor
Jack Liebeck, violin
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
RCA Victor Singers
Richard Westenburg, conductor
William Whitehead, organ
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Apollo5
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Musicians of Plymouth Music
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Sinfonia Cymru
John Rutter, conductor
Catrin Finch, harp
Worcester Cathedral Choir
Donald Hunt, conductor
Raymond Johnston, organ
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Isthmus Brass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
James Galway, flute
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone
USAF Singing Sergeants
Lowell E. Graham, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Alis Huws, harp
Chanticleer
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Linda Mack, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Petronel Malan, piano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Miro Quartet
Rossini Hayward, guitar
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Arsys
Pierre Cao, conductor
Peter Reit, horn
RCA Victor Singers
Richard Westenburg, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Bach Choir
David Willcocks, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Sarahbanda
Sarah Willis, horn
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
Chanticleer
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Craig Jessop, conductor
Gesualdo Six
Empire Brass
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
Robert Rice, baritone
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Carmen Dragon, conductor
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
What if Mozart Wrote "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Hampton String Quartet
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Stephen Van Dyck, treble
Kelly Yost, piano
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
New Dublin Voices
Bernie Sherlock, conductor
Passion for Brass
Convidando esta la noche
Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque
Rose Ensemble
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Canadian Brass
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Brigham Young University Singers
Andrew Crane, conductor
Jacob Hasler, piano
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Orphei Drangar
Robert Sund, conductor
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
John Rutter, conductor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Simon Preston, organ
London Brass
Chilly Gonzales, piano
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
