Here is a day-by-day guide to all of our special holiday programming for the 2022 season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve.


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2022 Classical Holiday Programming Schedule

Every Good Thing

Giving Thanks

All is Bright 2021

Classical Feature - Holiday - A Soulful Christmas

Christmas at Luther

Christmas with Cantus

Echoes of Christmas

Hygge Holiday 2021

Classical Feature - Holiday - Welcome Christmas

We Stand On Top of the Mountain

We have a variety of classical specials for the holiday season, from Christmas to New Year's Day. Listen to them any time that's convenient using this comprehensive listing.


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Listen to our 2022 winter holiday specials on demand

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival has become one of the nation's most cherished holiday celebrations. This year's presentation, “Promise of Peace,” features more than 500 student musicians in three performances at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, including a livestream of one of them that you can watch here at 7:15 p.m. central Saturday, Dec. 3.


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New Classical Tracks - Hilary Hahn (Extended) 

New Classical Tracks - Hilary Hahn

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, violinist Hilary Hahn shares her struggle with what it means to be a performer when you’re unable to perform. Her latest album, ‘Eclipse,’ is a testament to facing that challenge with vulnerability and the support of trusted colleagues. Enter the giveaway for a chance to win the CD!


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Violinist Hilary Hahn makes her long-awaited return to the stage

November Listener Requests

This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features listener’s favorite tracks from 'Superman,' 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' 'Coco' and more. Listen now!


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An ecstatic exploration of classical music that’s aesthetically and uncompromisingly Black, with host Tesfa Wondemagegnehu.


Florence Price meets Frederick Stock

Bobby McFerrin boldly embraces the body to create music

Bernice Johnson Reagon sings to unite us all

Joel Thompson speaks to the issues of today

Ragtime legend Eubie Blake's career traversed musical eras

Prince is an icon for a new form of classical music

Kendrick Lamar unshackled the Pulitzer Prize from white supremacy

Composer Sydney Guillaume honors his ancestors' fight for independence

Guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix had a love for classical music

Jean-Paul Coffy impacts his community through music

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Violinist Johnny Gandelsman explores the sounds of America

Amanda Lee Falkenberg's latest album is out of this world

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine rereleases a celebration of Black composers 

Composer Christopher Tin and Voces8 team up to remember extinct birds

Horn player Sarah Willis learns to dance with second volume of 'Mozart y Mambo'

Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson reflects on his contemporary inspirations

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason expresses his artistic freedom

The Knights reimagine the ideas of Beethoven and Tolstoy 

Time for Three explores old and new compositions written for the string trio

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The Rich and Vibrant Cello

The Changing Season

Something Spooky

More Buried Treasures

Calming Sounds

Xuefei Yang - The Musical Pioneer

The Road to The Guitar

Will You Play With Me?

Teachers can change the world

Practice Makes Perfect

YourClassical Adventures

'Lurkey Is Lost!'

'Día de los Muertos'

'Harriet's Halloween Candy'

'Bells in the Night'

'Scheherazade'

'Backyard Night Lights'

'Thumbelina'

'The Giant Carrot'

'The Merry Prankster'

'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 1st movement

Peter Tchaikovsky - The Seasons: November

Joseph Brackett, Jr. - Simple Gifts

Amy Beach - A Thanksgiving Fable

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15: 3rd movement

Antonio Vivaldi - Guitar Concerto: Largo

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Frederick the Great - Flute Concerto: 1st movement

Johann Quantz - Flute Sonata No. 274: 2nd movement

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Minnesota Orchestra - November 11, 2022

Border CrosSing, led by artistic director Ahmed Anzaldúa, joins the Minnesota Orchestra with ‘El Mesías,’ a bilingual Spanish-English cross-cultural combination of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Ariel Ramírez’ ‘Navidad Nuestra.’ Join host Melissa Ousley for a live-broadcast of the concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. 


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Classic Piano Puzzler - November 30, 2022

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The semifinalist list for the 2023 Grammy Music Educator Award includes, for the first time, a Minnesota-based teacher: David Davis, who teaches general music at Park Spanish Immersion Elementary in St. Louis Park. Find out more about what led to the accolade for this remarkable educator.  


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The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota is cueing up a family-friendly concert Sunday, Dec. 4, in St. Paul that features music and clips from childhood favorites such as ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and ‘Bambi.’


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Chamber Music Society of Minnesota cues up nostalgic cinematic fun

This week on Birge’s Picks, George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah’ makes its way throughout Minnesota and the surrounding area.


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Hallelujah!  It’s Handel’s 'Messiah'

J. Reilly Lewis, organ; Washington Choral Arts Society; Scott Tucker, conductor

Traditional - Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown

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2022 Classical Holiday Programming Schedule

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 2nd movement

Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams": 2nd movement

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Relax

Lullabies

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Peaceful Piano

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YourClassical Children

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