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.’
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Lux
Robby Napoli, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Exultate Festival Choir
Thomas D. Rossin, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Allan Clayton, tenor
Augsburg College Choir
Peter Hendrickson, conductor
Bemidji Alumni Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
Border CrosSing
Nico Munoz, conductor
Ahmed Anzaldua, piano
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
La Venexiana
Cantus
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Luther College Nordic Choir
Weston Noble, conductor
Schola Cantorum
Kare Hanken, conductor
Rose Ensemble
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Mark Dobell, tenor
State Choir Latvia
Maris Sirmais, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Lumina Women's Ensemble
Elora Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Twin Ports Choral Project
Bret Amundson, conductor
Trio Mediaeval
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Alma Neuhaus, mezzo-soprano
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Savannah Porter, soprano
Cantus
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota
Garrett Lathe, conductor
Atlanta Master Chorale
Eric Nelson, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Orpheus Vocal Ensemble
Michael Alber, conductor
Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Cantus
Anton Armstrong, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
iSing Silicon Valley
Jennah Delp Somers, conductor
Esteli Gomez, soprano
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
Bemidji Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Christus Chorus of Concordia University
David L. Mennicke, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Lumina Women's Ensemble
Doane College Choir
Kurt Runestad, conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
St. Jacob's Chamber Choir
Gary Graden, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Mirandola Ensemble
Benjamin Kunkel, guitar
Mirabilia testimonium (Your decrees are wondrous)
Padilla: Music of the Mexican Baroque
Los Angeles Chamber Singers
Peter Rutenberg, conductor
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Pamela Williamson, soprano
I Will Sing and Raise a Psalm
Twentieth-Century Masters Vol 3: Copland and His American Contemporaries
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
University of Washington Chamber Singers
Geoffrey Boers, conductor
Luminous Voices
Timothy Shantz, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Motet for Saint Stanislaus
Fire of the Soul: Choral Virtuosity in 17th-Century Russia & Poland
Rose Ensemble
Sanctissima
Sanctissima: Vespers and Benediction for the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
ORA Singers
Suzi Digby, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Caritas Chamber Choir
Saint John's University Men's Chorus
Axel Theimer, conductor
Cantus
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
Soloists
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
North Dakota State University Concert Choir
Jo Ann Miller, conductor
2015-2016 MMEA All-State Men's Choir
Jefferson Johnson, conductor
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Joshua Habermann, conductor
Kathlene Ritch, soprano
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
Tenebrae
Nigel Short, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Phoenix Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
Twin Cities Women's Choir
Mary Bussman, conductor
Luther College Nordic Choir
Weston Noble, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
House of Hope Children's Choir
Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz
Saarbrucken Chamber Choir
Georg Grun, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
Atlanta Master Chorale
Eric Nelson, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Michael Jones, tenor
Sistine Chapel Choir
Massimo Palombella, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
Mary Schneekloth, harp
Six Joyce Songs, Volume 2: Lean Out of the Window
Facing West: Choral Music of Conrad Susa and David Conte
Cappella SF
Ragnar Bohlin, conductor
Border CrosSing
Ahmed Anzaldua, conductor
Kevin Gamble, piano
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Master Chorale of Fargo-Moorhead
Rene Clausen, conductor
Frostiana: The Pasture
Cantus
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir
Sigrid Johnson, conductor
Luther College Nordic Choir
Weston Noble, conductor
Doane College Choir
Tom Trenney, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Suzi Digby, conductor
Matthew Barley, cello
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale
Dale Warland, conductor
Uranienborg Vocal Ensemble
Elisabeth Holte, conductor
Inger-Lise Ulsrud, organ
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Thomas Allen, countertenor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
Lumina Women's Ensemble
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier, conductor
World Voices
Karle Erickson, conductor
Bemidji Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Martin Jean, organ
The Singers
University of South Dakota Chamber Singers
David Holdhusen, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Linda Mack, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Cantus
Border CrosSing
Jeikov Vital, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
John Scott, organ
Magnum Chorum
Mark Stover, conductor
Greg Nelson, cello
Rose Ensemble
2015-2016 MMEA All-State Men's Choir
Jefferson Johnson, conductor
Consortium Carissimi
Garrick Comeaux, conductor
2016-2017 MMEA All-State Men's Choir
Andrew Last, conductor
Munich Motet Choir
Hans Rudolf Zobeley, conductor
John Alexander Singers
John Alexander, conductor
John St. Marie, tenor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Gesualdo Six
Owain Park, conductor
Phoenix Bach Choir
Charles Bruffy, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
Cappella SF
Ragnar Bohlin, conductor
2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir
Sigrid Johnson, conductor
Cantus
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Ryan French, baritone
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
Juli Orlandini, soprano
Morehouse College Glee Club
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Bemidji Alumni Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
Lynn Altermatt, organ
State Choir Latvia
Maris Sirmais, conductor
University of Georgia Hodgson Singers
Daniel Bara, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
Leonard Brown, tenor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
Lee Afdahl, organ
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
Larry L. Fleming, conductor
Consortium Carissimi
Garrick Comeaux, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Once in a Dream I Saw Summer
Spring will come: Choral rarities from the Grand Duchy of Finland
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Nils Schweckendiek, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Cantus
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
The Aeolians
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
The Crossing
Donald Nally, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
Rachel Farhi, soprano
Os Justi (The Mouth of the Righteous)
Cathedrals to Mountains - Choral Music of the Alps
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee
Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Dan Dressen, tenor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Rick Kvam, conductor
Paul Vance, cello
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Live the Questions
Kantorei Denver
Joel Rinsema, conductor
Academic Choir of Aarhus
Jonas Rasmussen, conductor
Eric Whitacre Singers
Eric Whitacre, conductor
King's Singers
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Magnum Chorum
Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Oregon Repertory Singers
Gilbert Seeley, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Cantus
Plaudat Frater
Il Poverello: Medieval & Renaissance Music for Saint Francis of Assisi
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
John Scott, organ
Elora Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Ruby Amanfu, vocals
Meditations on Li Po: I lift my eyes to watch the mountain moon
Mandala: Meditations On The Wholeness Of Being
The Esoterics
Eric Banks, conductor
Norwegian Soloists Choir
Grete Pedersen Helgerod, conductor
2016-2017 MMEA All-State Mixed Choir
Jing Ling-Tam, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
King's Singers
Ensemble
2015-2016 MMEA All-State Women's Choir
Janet Galvan, conductor
The Summer Singers
Russell Adrian, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Maria Jette, soprano
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Cantus
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, conductor
Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss, conductor
Miami University Men's Glee Club
Jeremy D. Jones, conductor
Vox Nova Chorale
Vicki Peters, conductor
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Uwe Gronostay, conductor
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Chamber Choir
Axel Theimer, conductor
St. John's Boys' Choir
Andre-Louis Heywood, conductor
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Stephen Layton, conductor
Beatus Franciscus
Il Poverello: Medieval & Renaissance Music for Saint Francis of Assisi
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Winston-Salem State University Choir
D'Walla Simmons-Burke, conductor
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Voces8
Exultate
Thomas Rossin, conductor
Jason Max Ferdinand Singers
Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor
John Stoddart, piano
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Leonard de Paur, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
Cantus
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Bemidji Alumni Choir
Paul Brandvik, conductor
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor
Ludmila Kuznetsova, mezzo-soprano
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Jane Ramseyer Miller, conductor
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
State Choir Latvia
Maris Sirmais, conductor
Kantorei
Axel Theimer, conductor
PaTRAM Institute Male Choir
Vladimir Gorbik, conductor
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Down to the River to Pray
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns and Spirituals
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg, conductor
By the Waters of Babylon (Super Flumina Babylonis)
Prince of Music: The Greatest Choral Music of Palestrina
Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, conductor
The King's Men
Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
And I Saw a New Heaven
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
2016-2017 MMEA All-State Men's Choir
Andrew Last, conductor
Doane College Choir
Kurt Runestad, conductor
Cantus
Luminous Voices
Timothy Shantz, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
John Scott, organ
O gloriosissimi lux vivens (I am your Guardian Angel)
Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres
Rose Ensemble
Jordan Sramek, conductor
Tonality
Alexander Lloyd Blake, conductor
The Singers
Mirandola Ensemble
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
Tessa Lark, violin
Gregorian Chant Schola of Saint John's Abbey and University
Fr. Anthony Ruff, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Conspirare
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor
Mela Sarajane Dailey, soprano
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Kansas City Chorale
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sarah Tannehill, soprano
St. Olaf Choir
Kenneth Jennings, conductor
VocalEssence
Hannover Chamber Choir
Stephan Doormann, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Fairfield Four
Ensemble Vocapella Limburg
Tristan Meister, conductor
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Jane Ramseyer Miller, conductor
Danny Boy (Irish Tune from County Derry)
Cantus
