Experience the power of voices coming together in harmony with YourClassical's Choral Stream. Enjoy choral music both sacred and secular performed by choirs from Minnesota and beyond.
Two fabled vocal groups, one from Minnesota, the other from England, will perform together onstage at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis on Thursday, Feb. 12. John Birge spoke to a member of each ensemble before the show.
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 2026 for another unforgettable service.
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 2024 program, ‘Seeking Refuge for a Weary World.’
Join us for ‘Songs of Thanks,’ an innovative new production by Cantus presenting stories and songs celebrating gratitude and community. Listen now — and then tell us why you’re thankful so we can include your feedback in next year’s program.
The view of one’s life’s work has taken on different meanings in societies and eras across the world. This Labor Day, join Cantus for ‘I Hear America Singing,’ a joyful examination of the role work has played in our lives in years past and how work might evolve into the future. Listen now!
The multimedia work that was ‘born in Minnesota’ had its premiere in 2019. The London performance will be its first outside North America.
The ensemble has a concert this Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, one of five ensembles taking part in the program.
Come join us for YourClassical MPR’s Bring the Sing, a community sing-along choral event in Duluth that brings people together in the Northland through the joy of music. This free event is open to people of all vocal abilities and will take place Saturday, March 22, at the College of St. Scholastica.
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.
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.’
South Dakota Chorale
Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
Christopher Jacobson, organ
sounding light
Tom Trenney, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
Paul Vance, cello
The Fraternity
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
Oslo Chamber Choir
Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor
Liv Ulvik, soprano
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Simon Carrington Chamber Singers
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Mirandola Ensemble
Doane College Choir
Kurt Runestad, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Antioch Chamber Ensemble
Joshua Copeland, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Charles Kemper, piano
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Cantus
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
Vox Clamantis
Jaan-Eik Tulve, conductor
Gustavus Choir
Karle Erickson, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates)
Brahms: Altrhapsodie, Begrabnisgesang, Gesang Der Parzen, Nanie
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Natrickie Louissaint, soprano
Luther College Nordic Choir
Craig Arnold, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Portland State Chamber Choir
Ethan Sperry, conductor
Charles Noble, viola
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss, conductor
Linde Consort
Hans-Martin Linde, conductor
Lina Akerlund, soprano
Cantus
Bath Camerata
Benjamin Goodson, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Walden Pond: The Pond
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
South Dakota Chorale
Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, conductor
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Heikki Seppanen, conductor
Jenny Carlstedt, mezzo-soprano
Choral Arts Initiative
Brandon Elliott, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Voces8
ORA
Suzi Digby, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Kaori Muraji, guitar
Saint John's University Men's Chorus
Axel Theimer, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Wartburg Choir
Lee Nelson, conductor
Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Peter Phillips/Benjamin Nichols, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Janinah Burnett, soprano
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Maria Jette, soprano
National Lutheran Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Cantus
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Cantus
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabittas, conductor
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Hannover Chamber Choir
Stephan Doormann, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Gerd Albrecht, conductor
Anna Larsson, contralto
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Simon Barrad, bass
Ave Maria
Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Anna Lapwood, conductor
Ave Maris Stella
Stella: Renaissance Gems and their Reflections Volume 3: Victoria
ORA
Suzi Digby, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Border CrosSing
Ahmed Anzaldua, conductor
Kevin Gamble, piano
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Leonard Brown, tenor
Voces8
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
Ensemble Altera
Christopher Lowrey, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Cantus
Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman, conductor
Pacific Lutheran Choir of the West
Richard Nance, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Michael Smith, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
Kantorei Denver
Christopher Tin, conductor
Alicia Rigsby, piano
Luther College Nordic Choir
Weston Noble, conductor
Cantata No. 201: Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan): Opening Chorus
Bach: The Contest between Phoebus and Pan
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Jubilate Choir
Mass for the Endangered: Agnus Dei
Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Gallicantus
Gabriel Crouch, conductor
Bemidji Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Border CrosSing
Jeikov Vital, conductor
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Doane College Choir
Kurt Runestad, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Voices of Ascension
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Tallis Scholars
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava, conductor
Aleksandrs Antonenko, tenor
Hamrahlid Choir
Thorgerdur Ingolfsdottir, conductor
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough, conductor
Martin Baker, organ
Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota
Garrett Lathe, conductor
Lumina Women's Ensemble
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
State Choir Latvia
Maris Sirmais, conductor
Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss, conductor
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
New York Polyphony
Luther College Nordic Choir
Allen Hightower, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Magnum Chorum
David Dickau, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Stile Antico
By the Waters of Babylon (Super Flumina Babylonis)
Prince of Music: The Greatest Choral Music of Palestrina
Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, conductor
KC VITAs
Jackson C. Thomas, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Latvian Radio Choir
Sigvards Klava, conductor
Ieva Sablovska, harp
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Blossom Street
Hilary Campbell, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Elora Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
John Johnson, saxophone
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Tallis Scholars
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Alissa Ruth Suver, soprano
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Ruby Amanfu, vocals
Volti
Robert Geary, conductor
Lumina Women's Ensemble
Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Anna Lapwood, conductor
Cantus
O salutaris hostia
Sanctissima: Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
ORA Singers
Suzi Digby, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Martin Jean, organ
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor
Anuna
Michael McGlynn, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Atlanta Master Chorale
Eric Nelson, conductor
Christus Chorus of Concordia University
David L. Mennicke, conductor
