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.
The American rail system is a metaphor for how culture has changed over the centuries. To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, join violinist and composer Curtis Stewart for ‘I Am the Migration,’ a special featuring Stewart’s own family's American story, which he used as inspiration for his new set of 24 American Caprices.
Despite being a fundamental part of life on earth, change is difficult for everybody. Join host Zuzu Black for ‘Transitioning: The Music of Change,’ an hourlong special featuring Queer and trans musicians that explores the many complex and interwoven facets of change. Listen now!
May 26 marks the birth centenary of one of America’s most prolific and revolutionary composers: Miles Davis. In celebration, join host Kevin O’Connor for selections from Davis’ most influential album, as well as commentary and facts about Davis’ life, in Milestones: Kind of Blue.
At a time when everything around us feels disconnected and divisive, how do we hold on? Melanie DeMore uses the power of music to bring us together in ‘How to Hold On,’ a radio special featuring her original songs of comfort and solace performed by VocalEssence. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
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.
Gloria Dei Cantores
Elizabeth Patterson, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Cantus
O Gladsome Light
Out of Darkness, Let Light Shine: Christmas at St. Olaf, Vol IV
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
O gloriosissimi lux vivens (I am your Guardian Angel)
Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
Philip Brunelle, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Robert Shaw Festival Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Christopher Cock, tenor
Quink
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Chanticleer
Phoenix Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Doane College Choir
Tom Trenney, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Cantus
KC VITAs
Jackson C. Thomas, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Tre havsvisioner (Three Visions of the Sea)
Oceana: Music Of The Oceans, Lakes, And Seas
The Esoterics
Eric Banks, conductor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
The Singers
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers
David Holdhusen, conductor
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Jane Ramseyer Miller, conductor
Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Anna Lapwood, conductor
Salve, Sancte Pater Patriae
Il Poverello: Medieval & Renaissance Music for Saint Francis of Assisi
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Aaron David Miller, organ
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Praise the Lord, O My Soul
What Child is This?: The St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Vol. III
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Teng Li, viola
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Cantus
Exultate Festival Choir
Thomas D. Rossin, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Magnum Chorum
David Dickau, conductor
The Fenix
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Atlanta Master Chorale
Eric Nelson, conductor
Jonathan Easter, organ
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, conductor
Gallicantus
Gabriel Crouch, conductor
Lira Chamber Chorus
John Nelson, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Jerry Rubino, piano
Kalophonic Hymn to the Trinity
Konstantine Asan/John Kladas the Lampadarios
Cyprus: Between Greek East and Latin West
Cappella Romana
Alexander Lingas, conductor
Hymn for America
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
sounding light
Tom Trenney, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
Two Rivers Chorale
Timothy Sawyer, conductor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Jose Antonio Sainz, conductor
Orfeon Donostiarra
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
Parley of Instruments
John Scott, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Norwegian Soloists Choir
Grete Pedersen Helgerod, conductor
Trio Mediaeval
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Chamber Choir
Axel Theimer, conductor
Cantus
Danderyd Vocal Ensemble
Rikard Karlsson, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Kathlene Ritch, soprano
Mirandola Ensemble
Hilliard Ensemble
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers
David Holdhusen, conductor
New York Polyphony
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Sing Gently
Voces8
Christopher Glynn, piano
Oy khodyt son (Dream Passes By the Windows)
Tomorrow is today: Songs of love, beauty and the passing of time
Papagena
South Dakota Chorale
Brian A. Schmidt, conductor
Gregorian Singers
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Bless the Lord
Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Concerto for Choir
Lege Artis
Boris Abalyan, conductor
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
Mass No. 10 "Paukenmesse" (Mass in Time of War)
Haydn: Mass In Time of War; Nelson Mass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Rachel Nicholls, soprano
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
La Pasion segun San Marcos: Demos gracias al Senor (We give thanks to the Lord)
Un milagro de fe/A Miracle of Faith
Border CrosSing
Ahmed Anzaldua, conductor
Bethany Battafarano, soprano
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Christus Chorus of Concordia University
David L. Mennicke, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
Cantus
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Melanie DeMore, vocals
Exultate
Thomas D. Rossin, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Michael Jones, tenor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
David Cherwien, organ
Phoenix Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Alison Chaney, soprano
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
The Salley Gardens
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Chanticleer
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Ensemble Altera
Christopher Lowrey, conductor
Mirandola Ensemble
Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Anna Lapwood, conductor
Saint John's University Men's Chorus
Axel Theimer, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Cantus
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers
David Holdhusen, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Texas Boys Choir
S. Bryan Priddy, conductor
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
Alicia Rigsby, piano
Lumina Women's Ensemble
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Exultate
Thomas D. Rossin, conductor
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
University of Toronto MacMillan Singers
Hilary Apfelstadt, conductor
Lara Dodds-Eden, piano
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Latvian Radio Choir
Tonu Kaljuste, conductor
Cantus
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Carla McElhaney, piano
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabittas, conductor
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough, conductor
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
sounding light
Tom Trenney, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Jeffrey Van, guitar
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
North Dakota State University Concert Choir
Jo Ann Miller, conductor
Dare to Breathe
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Yolanda Williams, soprano
