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!
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
Chanticleer
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Peter Illenyi, conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason, 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
