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Listen now to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'

Listen now to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'

YourClassical MPR’s live broadcast of 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' from King's College, Cambridge, with host Michael Barone, has ended. But you can relive this glorious event through on-demand audio. Listen now!

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Christmas at Luther: 'Love, the Rose, Is on the Way'

Christmas at Luther: 'Love, the Rose, Is on the Way'

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.’

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Christmas With Cantus

Christmas With Cantus

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!

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'Songs of Thanks' with Cantus

'Songs of Thanks' with Cantus

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.

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Join us for Bring the Sing in Duluth on March 22

Join us for Bring the Sing in Duluth on March 22

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.

Minnesota composer grapples with tough topics, snares another Grammy nomination
Chia-Hsuan Lin, Ryan Deignan take the lead as Rochester orchestra, choir start new seasons
James Earl Jones lent his powerful voice to the world of classical music, too
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Cantus: 'I Hear America Singing'

Cantus: 'I Hear America Singing'

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!

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  • 2:59 PM

    Evening

    Sergei Taneyev

    Ravishingly Russian

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    2:40
  • 2:54 PM

    Spirited Light

    Jake Runestad

    .behold again, the stars

    University of Washington Chamber Singers

    Geoffrey Boers, conductor

    4:53
  • 2:52 PM

    The Lord's Prayer

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    1:49
  • 2:46 PM

    Home

    Kevin Puts

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    6:36
  • 2:43 PM

    Look! Be: leap;

    Libby Larsen

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    Sigrid Johnson, conductor

    2:50
  • 2:37 PM

    I am the Rose of Sharon

    Gabriel Jackson

    Desires: A Song of Songs Collection

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    Julie Cooper, soprano

    5:56
  • 2:34 PM

    Vespers: Praise the Name of the Lord

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff Vespers

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:45
  • 2:24 PM

    Der Abend

    Richard Strauss

    Credo

    State Choir Latvia

    Maris Sirmais, conductor

    10:13
  • 2:19 PM

    Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

    Traditional

    Come to the Living Water

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    5:02
  • 2:14 PM

    Song of Sky and Sea: Two Falling Stars

    Paul John Rudoi

    Manifesto

    Cantus

    4:35
  • 2:11 PM

    We Are the Chosen Ones

    Yasunori Mitsuda

    Otherworld

    Anuna

    Michael McGlynn, conductor

    3:12
  • 2:06 PM

    There is Sweet Music

    Robert Hobby

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    4:36
  • 2:02 PM

    The Day is Done

    Stephen Paulus

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:03
  • 1:57 PM

    Requiem: The Lord is My Shepherd

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Visions; Requiem

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    Alice Halstead, soprano

    5:07
  • 1:54 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    The Music of King's

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    3:01
  • 1:49 PM

    Sure on this Shining Night

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Nocturnes

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    Morten Lauridsen, piano

    5:06
  • 1:42 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Arvo Part

    The Deer's Cry

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    6:36
  • 1:38 PM

    When the shy star goes forth in heaven

    Timothy Stephens

    Chamber Music by James Joyce

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    4:15
  • 1:36 PM

    Dulaman

    Michael McGlynn

    Let Your Voice Be Heard

    Cantus

    1:52
  • 1:33 PM

    Die Blumelein sie schlafen

    Traditional

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    2:17
  • 1:29 PM

    O Lord God

    Pavel Chesnokov

    Nordic Choir Returns to Russia 1994

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Weston Noble, conductor

    4:38
  • 1:23 PM

    Standchen (Zogernd leise)

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    Martha Hart, mezzo-soprano

    5:57
  • 1:17 PM

    Sleep

    Eric Whitacre

    Light & Gold

    Eric Whitacre Singers

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:13 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence

    G. Philip Shoultz, III, conductor

    Michael Schmidt

    4:38
  • 1:07 PM

    Poem for 2084

    Edie Hill

    Evolutionary Spirits

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    5:34
  • 1:01 PM

    Three songs of Charles d'Orleans

    Claude Debussy

    European Souvenir

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    6:15
  • 12:51 PM

    Children of Grace

    Hilary Tann

    Tann, H.: Luminaria Magna

    Cappella Clausura

    Amelia LeClair, conductor

    Adriana Repetto, alto

    9:13
  • 12:47 PM

    To a Young Child

    Dale Warland

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:22
  • 12:38 PM

    soft blink of amber light

    Jocelyn Hagen

    soft blink of amber light

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    8:25
  • 12:34 PM

    Sommersalm (The Earth Adorned)

    Waldemar Ahlen

    If Music Be the Food of Love, Sing On, Dance On

    Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:18
  • 12:31 PM

    There is Sweet Music Here

    Daniel Gawthrop

    While You Are Alive

    Cantus

    2:44
  • 12:30 PM

    Au joly jeu

    Clement Janequin

    Mirandola Ensemble: Sampler

    Mirandola Ensemble

    1:39
  • 12:26 PM

    Hail Mary

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    3:58
  • 12:20 PM

    Bogoroditse Djevo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)

    Sergey Khvoshchinsky

    Fire of the Soul: Choral Virtuosity in 17th-Century Russia & Poland

    Rose Ensemble

    5:05
  • 12:17 PM

    Nunc dimittis

    Ben Parry

    Ben Parry: The Hours

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:40
  • 12:13 PM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Edvard Grieg

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:09 PM

    Psalm 46

    John Ferguson

    Minnesota Voices

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    Lee Afdahl, organ

    4:19
  • 12:07 PM

    Spring Polska

    Erik Hagfors

    Spring will come: Choral rarities from the Grand Duchy of Finland

    Helsinki Chamber Choir

    Nils Schweckendiek, conductor

    1:59
  • 12:04 PM

    O Nata Lux

    Lucy Walker

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    3:05
  • 12:00 PM

    O Magnum Mysterium (O Great Mystery)

    David Childs

    Spring 2007 Concert Tour

    College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Chamber Choir

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    3:39
  • 11:56 AM

    O salutaris hostia

    Sven-David Sandstrom

    Sanctissima: Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

    ORA Singers

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    4:04
  • 11:52 AM

    The Oak and the Ash

    Traditional

    The Sweet and Merry Month: Music for May Morning

    Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford

    Mark Williams, conductor

    Samuel Thyr, countertenor

    3:29
  • 11:49 AM

    Abide with Me

    William Henry Monk

    Folk Songs, Spirituals and Hymns

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    2:46
  • 11:46 AM

    Beatitudes

    Bernice Johnson Reagon

    Selections 1976-1988

    Sweet Honey in the Rock

    3:38
  • 11:42 AM

    I Cannot Dance, O Lord

    Aaron Jay Kernis

    The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:37
  • 11:37 AM

    There Will Be Rest

    Frank Ticheli

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    5:34
  • 11:30 AM

    We Shall Overcome

    Spiritual

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    6:30
  • 11:27 AM

    Ave Maria (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Igor Stravinsky

    December Stillness

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:31
  • 11:20 AM

    Ave Maria

    Paul Mealor

    Paul Mealor: A Tender Light

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    6:55
  • 11:17 AM

    Six Songs: My Heart's Song

    Jean Sibelius

    .against the dying of the light

    Cantus

    3:06
  • 11:11 AM

    Over My Head

    Traditional

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    5:53
  • 11:09 AM

    Die Nachtigall

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Part Songs

    Netherlands Chamber Choir

    Uwe Gronostay, conductor

    1:48
  • 11:04 AM

    Sun and Moon and Stars

    Bill Whelan

    Invisible Stars - Choral Works of Ireland and Scotland

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    Emily Doyle, soprano

    5:37
  • 11:00 AM

    A Rose Tree Blossoms

    Alan Hovhaness

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:57 AM

    Missa Gaia: Kyrie

    Libby Larsen

    Larsen: Mass for the Earth; Paulus: Echoes Between the Silent Peaks

    Oregon Repertory Singers

    Gilbert Seeley, conductor

    2:36
  • 10:53 AM

    Lilacs and Rain

    Neil Pfeifer

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    Sigrid Johnson, conductor

    4:41
  • 10:48 AM

    Loving-Kindness

    Stephen Paulus

    Serenade

    Turtle Creek Chorale

    Timothy Seelig, conductor

    4:08
  • 10:46 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Maurice Durufle

    Praise Parisienne

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    2:16
  • 10:41 AM

    the Sweetheart of the Sun

    Eric William Barnum

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:37 AM

    In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr

    Heinrich Schutz

    Schutz: Matthauspassion and Other Vocal Works

    Dresden Chamber Choir

    Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor

    3:57
  • 10:32 AM

    Famine Song

    VIDA

    Stars!

    Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota

    Garrett Lathe, conductor

    5:07
  • 10:28 AM

    In Each Remembered Sparrow Call

    Stanford Scriven

    Colors of the Midwest

    Doane College Choir

    Kurt Runestad, conductor

    3:39
  • 10:22 AM

    Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

    Hymn

    Great Hymns Of Faith

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    5:17
  • 10:20 AM

    Here's One

    Traditional

    Sacred Journey

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    2:28
  • 10:13 AM

    And So I Go On

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Mela Sarajane Dailey, soprano

    6:54
  • 10:07 AM

    O gloriosissimi lux vivens (I am your Guardian Angel)

    Hildegard von Bingen

    Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    6:02
  • 10:05 AM

    Wade in the Water

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Joel Fischer, tenor

    2:11
  • 10:00 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Christmas Garlands

    Two Rivers Chorale

    Timothy Sawyer, conductor

    Benjamin Osterhouse, cello

    4:51
  • 9:51 AM

    Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Your Heart Shall Rejoice

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    8:38
  • 9:45 AM

    Red River Valley

    Americana

    Blue Wheat

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:41 AM

    Everyone Sang

    Dominick Argento

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    4:11
  • 9:38 AM

    23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother)

    Bobby McFerrin

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    3:37
  • 9:27 AM

    Missa Brevis

    Leonard Bernstein

    Leonard Bernstein: Marin Alsop The Complete Naxos Recordings

    Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    Paulo Mestre, countertenor

    10:28
  • 9:21 AM

    America Will Be!

    Joel Thompson

    America Will Be

    Tonality

    Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor

    6:16
  • 9:18 AM

    Let's Just Sit and Swing

    Mary Abigail Coleman

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    2:09
  • 9:14 AM

    hope, faith, life, love

    Eric Whitacre

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    4:11
  • 9:10 AM

    Now Ye Heavenly Powers

    Alexander Sheremetiev

    Allegri Miserere

    Tenebrae

    Nigel Short, conductor

    3:38
  • 9:06 AM

    i thank You God

    Elliot Z. Levine

    Listening to the Voices

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    4:06
  • 9:03 AM

    Night Prayer

    Alec Roth

    Many are the Wonders

    ORA

    Suzi Digby, conductor

    Lucy Cox, soprano

    2:59
  • 9:00 AM

    McKay

    Carol Barnett

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    3:29
  • 8:51 AM

    Alleluia

    Valentin Silvestrov

    To Thee We Sing: Sacred Choral Works

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    8:27
  • 8:44 AM

    Evening Hymn

    Balfour Gardiner

    A New Heaven

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    6:40
  • 8:39 AM

    Stardust

    Taylor Scott Davis

    Nightfall

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 8:36 AM

    Beautiful Star

    Libby Larsen

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:01
  • 8:31 AM

    When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

    Traditional

    The Bemidji Alumni Choir 2000

    Bemidji Alumni Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    Lynn Altermatt, organ

    4:51
  • 8:29 AM

    MLK

    U2

    In Concert Spring 2003

    Saint John's University Men's Chorus

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    2:34
  • 8:26 AM

    Savior Eternal

    Plainchant

    Advent

    Gregorian Singers

    2:27
  • 8:19 AM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 8:15 AM

    Nobody knows the trouble I've seen

    Traditional

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Thomas Allen, countertenor

    4:03
  • 8:12 AM

    I Sing, You Sing

    Anders Edenroth

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Mixed Choir

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Mixed Choir

    Jing Ling-Tam, conductor

    3:13
  • 8:11 AM

    Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin)

    Arvo Part

    Shout the Glad Tidings!

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    1:02
  • 8:06 AM

    Mass for Pope Marcellus: Kyrie

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Agnus Dei: Music Of Inner Harmony

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    4:18
  • 8:03 AM

    A la claire fontaine

    Traditional

    Harvest Home

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    2:59
  • 7:59 AM

    Echoes Between the Silent Peaks: Written on the Wall at Chang's Hermitage

    Stephen Paulus

    Larsen: Mass for the Earth; Paulus: Echoes Between the Silent Peaks

    Oregon Repertory Singers

    Gilbert Seeley, conductor

    4:03
  • 7:51 AM

    Maria Magdalene

    Francisco Guerrero

    Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    8:14
  • 7:48 AM

    Tu es Petrus (You are Peter)

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Praise Parisienne

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    David Cherwien, organ

    3:02
  • 7:45 AM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Robert Lowry

    A Harvest Home

    Cantus

    2:50
  • 7:37 AM

    In Pace

    Rene Clausen

    In the New Moon

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    8:08
  • 7:32 AM

    The Dallas Canticles: Magnificat

    Herbert Howells

    Choral Evensong for Eastertide

    The Incarnation Choir

    Scott Dettra, conductor

    L. Graham Schultz, organ

    5:17
  • 7:29 AM

    Ride On, Jesus

    Traditional

    In Bright Mansions

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    2:29
  • 7:25 AM

    Haiku

    Moira Smiley

    House of Belonging

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Chelsea Helm, soprano

    3:12
  • 7:17 AM

    Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge

    Edward Bairstow

    English Anthem Vol. 7

    Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

    John Scott, conductor

    8:51
  • 7:13 AM

    O Crux

    Mark Jennings

    An Endless Summer

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    3:53
  • 7:09 AM

    Shaker Songs: Peace

    Traditional American

    Never Be We Mute

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    3:24
  • 7:06 AM

    Praise to the Lord

    F. Melius Christiansen

    Go, Lovely Rose

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Allen Hightower, conductor

    3:46
  • 7:02 AM

    Elijah Rock

    Traditional

    What a Mighty God

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:43
  • 6:58 AM

    Sonnet No. LXIV (In memoriam 9/11/01)

    Dominick Argento

    Seasons: Choral Works of Dominick Argento and Vincent Persichetti

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:18
  • 6:37 AM

    Mass Transmission

    Mason Bates

    Ways You Went

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    Scott Dettra, organ

    21:29
  • 6:32 AM

    A Prayer

    Ken Burton

    APM Recording

    Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

    4:31
  • 6:31 AM

    Come Away to the Skies

    Traditional

    Pacem

    National Lutheran Choir

    Larry L. Fleming, conductor

    1:05
  • 6:20 AM

    Cantata No. 196: Der Herr denket an uns (The Lord cares for us)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Actus Tragicus

    Cantus Colln

    Konrad Junghanel, conductor

    Johanna Koslowski, soprano

    10:10
  • 6:15 AM

    There Is Sweet Music

    Edward Elgar

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 6:13 AM

    Requiem Aeternam

    Matthew Culloton

    Grace Immaculate: Prayers and Love Songs

    University of Georgia Hodgson Singers

    Daniel Bara, conductor

    2:07
  • 6:09 AM

    Reincarnations: The Coolin'

    Samuel Barber

    Come to the Woods

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:56
  • 6:04 AM

    Modern Times: Smile

    Charlie Chaplin

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    4:29
  • 6:01 AM

    Song of Triumph

    Dale Grotenhuis

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    3:19
  • 6:00 AM

    Bonjour, mon coeur

    Orlando di Lasso (Lassus)

    Make We Joy!

    Bemidji Chamber Singers

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    1:20