Listen to an expertly curated stream of classical Halloween music, available around the clock this October.
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.’
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Eric Parkin, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Kathryn Stott, piano
Lyon National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Georg Solti, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March
By Request: The Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, conductor
Angele Dubeau, violin
Berlin Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Leon Fleisher, piano
RTE Concert Orchestra
Ernest Tomlinson, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Night on Mount Triglav: Sabbath of the Infernal Spirits and Infernal Rondo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
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
Berlin Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Studio Orchestra
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
Alessio Bax, piano
Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
John Williams, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
Anatoly Lapunov, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman, conductor
Salut Salon
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
Cologne Radio Orchestra
Helmut Froschauer, conductor
English Chamber Orchestra
Nigel Kennedy, violin
Studio Orchestra
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Royal Philharmonic Pops
Elmer Bernstein, conductor
Symphonie Fantastique: March to the Scaffold
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 / Tristia
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
Eiji Oue, conductor
Orchestra of Toulouse
Michel Plasson, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Werewolf By Night: Mane Title
Marvel Studios' Werewolf By Night (Original Soundtrack)
Studio Orchestra
Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Laszlo Kovacs, conductor
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Louis Langree, conductor
Natalie Dessay, soprano
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Virgil Fox, organ
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
The Dance of the Goblins (La ronde des Lutins)
Paganini, Sarasate, Kreisler, Wieniawski
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian, conductor
Nina Kotova, cello
Nash Ensemble
La Pieta
Angele Dubeau, conductor
Angele Dubeau, violin
Clara Rockmore, theremin
Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss: Rosenkavelier, Salome's Dance, Burleske Fastival Prelud
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
Night on Mount Triglav: Sabbath of the Infernal Spirits and Infernal Rondo
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight": 1st movement
Beethoven Piano Sonatas: Pathetique; Moonlight; Waldstein
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
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
