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.’
Huddersfield Choral Society
Keith Rhodes, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Buzz Brass
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Adagio Trio
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Harmonie Ensemble
Steven Richman, conductor
John Bayless, piano
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)
Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Torodd Wigum, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
Voces8
Tarara tarara qui yo soy Antoniyo
Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque
Rose Ensemble
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Allan Clayton, tenor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Kris Frankenfeld, violin
Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Allan Wilson, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
RCA Victor Singers
Richard Westenburg, conductor
Bach Choir
David Willcocks, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Leah Bergman, cello
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Pentatonix
Hodie: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres
Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Chicago a cappella
Isthmus Brass
John Stevens, conductor
The 5 Browns
Chanticleer
Alexis Ffrench, piano
South Dakota Chorale
Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Genghis Barbie
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Christmas Carols at King's with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
David Briggs, organ
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Christian Lane, organ
Christopher Parkening, guitar
Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)
A Harp For Christmas, Vol. 2
Emily Mitchell, harp
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Choir of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Chapel
James Vivian, conductor
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber, conductor
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Dawn Harms, conductor
Buzz Brass
Canadian Brass
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
Howard Moody, organ
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough, conductor
Ola Gjeilo, piano
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Julia Bogorad, flute
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Peter Illenyi, conductor
The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites for Piano Duo
Mari Kodama, piano
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
In Dulci Jubilo
Voces8
Los Romeros
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Craig Jessop, conductor
Luther College Nordic Choir
Weston Noble, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Mirandola Ensemble
Scott Sandersfeld, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Burning River Brass
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Clare College Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor
Carols for Choir and Orchestra
Christmas At St. Olaf 2009: Light Of All Creation...Scatter The Darkness
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite
Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
William Wilder, percussion
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Chanticleer
Megan Metheney, harp
Brigham Young University Singers
Andrew Crane, conductor
Jacob Hasler, piano
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Christian Lane, organ
Kelly Yost, piano
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Valley Chamber Chorale
True North Brass
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
Roberto Sorrentino, cello
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Gloucestershire Wassail; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day; Sussex Carol
Ancient Noels
Ensemble Galilei
Maggie Sansone, hammered dulcimer
A Christmas Carol: Suite
It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
King's Chapel Choir, Canterbury
James Galway, flute
Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Greg Funfgeld, conductor
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Sarah Grudem, harp
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Fairfax Choral Society
Douglas Mears, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Caroline Leonardelli, harp
Chanticleer
Canadian Brass
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Voces8
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances I & Iii, Etc
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)
Met Stars At Christmas
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, conductor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
David Dickau, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter, conductor
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Linda Mack, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
New York Pops
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Magnum Chorum
Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
First Snow
12 Ensemble
Ola Gjeilo, piano
James Kreger, cello
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Jack Anthony Pott, tenor
Carol of the Bells
Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Chicago a cappella
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Copper Street Brass Quintet
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
Christa Grix, harp
Chanticleer
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Simon Preston, organ
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Canadian Brass
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Imani Winds
Musica Intima
Derrick Christian, bass
Hiram Titus, piano
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
Etherea Vocal Ensemble
Grace Cloutier, harp
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier, conductor
New Dublin Voices
Bernie Sherlock, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Dallas Brass
Betsey Sesler, harp
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
Roger Wagner Chorale
Roger Wagner, conductor
El Noi de la Mare (The Son of the Virgin)
Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar
Rossini Hayward, guitar
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Roman Nagel, piano
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Bengt Forsberg, piano
Choral Arts Ensemble
RCA Victor Singers
Richard Westenburg, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best, conductor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Peter Breiner, conductor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Ancia Saxophone Quartet
New York Polyphony
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
Judy Loman, harp
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp, conductor
American Boychoir
James Litton, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Luther College Choir
Craig Arnold, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis, conductor
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Christian Lane, organ
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra
ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Artaria Quartet
Megan Metheney, harp
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
James Galway, flute
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
In Dulci Jubilo
Voces8
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
Thomas Trotter, organ
Clare College Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Elora Festival Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
Canadian Brass
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Daniel Hyde, conductor
William Fox, organ
Isthmus Brass
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha, conductor
John Challenger, organ
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Eaken Piano Trio
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Craig Jessop, conductor
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Dawn Harms, conductor
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Chanticleer
South Dakota Chorale
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Quittez, pasteurs (Come leave your sheep)
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Cantus
St. Charles Singers
Jeffrey Hunt, conductor
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
David Willcocks, conductor
Alexis Ffrench, piano
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite
Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
Renaissonics
Kantorei
Peter Reit, horn
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Pentatonix
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Peter Breiner, conductor
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
James Cunningham, piano
Three French Carols (Ding Dong; O Come Emmanuel; Angels We Have Heard on High)
Christmas with Solid Brass
Solid Brass
Artaria Quartet
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Christmas Carols at King's with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
David Briggs, organ
Wake, Awake, for Night is flying
Christmas At St. Olaf 2010: A Child, A Son, The Prince of Peace
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Copper Street Brass Quintet
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Roman Nagel, piano
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Voces8
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Linda Chatterton, flute
