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!
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Serenissima una noche
Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque
Rose Ensemble
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc
Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)
Lux Aeterna - The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
Galliard Brass & Friends
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
Bach Choir
John Rutter, conductor
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Noel Lester, piano
Ensemble Amarcord
The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season
The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
Chamber Choir Ireland
Paul Hillier, conductor
Bologna Theater Orchestra
Michele Mariotti, conductor
Juan Diego Florez, tenor
Chanticleer
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Copper Street Brass Quintet
Xavier de Maistre, harp
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
Waverly Consort
Michael Jaffee, conductor
A Christmas Carol: Suite
It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
David Newman, conductor
Artaria Quartet
Chanticleer
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Messiah: Comfort ye, my people...Every valley shall be exalted
Handel: Messiah: Live In Dublin
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Carol of the Bells
Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Kathy Kienzle, harp
Carlos Simon, piano
Cantemus Chamber Choir
Huw Williams, conductor
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Christian Lane, organ
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Elora Festival Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)
Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Norman Scribner, conductor
Musica Intima
South Dakota Chorale
Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
Roberto Sorrentino, cello
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Daniel Hyde, conductor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Cantus
