Poster YourClassical MPR Radio App Stream Tile
Curated Streams

YourClassical MPR

Where Classical Music Comes Alive

Build a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical music on YourClassical MPR. Listen to our live regional Minnesota Public Radio broadcast as our hosts take you through a classical music journey. Featuring music, commentary, interviews and more.

On Air Now
  • 5:27 AM

    Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Michael Hankinson, conductor

    Philippe Graffin, violin

    31:25
  • 5:10 AM

    Lemminkainen and the Maidens of Saari

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Lemminkainen Legends

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    15:37
  • 5:06 AM

    Nocturne No. 21

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Nocturnes

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    2:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Sonatina No. 2 "Happy Workshop": 2nd movement

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Music for Wind Ensemble

    Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    4:32
  • 4:48 AM

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: Paris; In A Summer Garden; Brigg Fair Etc.

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Davis, conductor

    10:40
  • 4:22 AM

    African Suite

    Fela Sowande

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Mario Bernardi, conductor

    24:52
  • 4:12 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Volkmann

    Robert Volkmann, Carl Reinecke: Serenades

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    7:44
  • 3:36 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 22

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Live at the Ordway Center

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    34:00
  • 3:21 AM

    Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet

    Gyorgy Ligeti

    Live at the Ordway Center

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    11:20
  • 2:54 AM

    Intermission

    Live at the Ordway Center

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    20:00
  • 2:22 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 21

    Mozart

    Live at the Ordway Center

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes

    29:00
  • 2:08 AM

    String Quartet, In memoriam Andreae Szervánsky

    Gyorgy Kurtag

    Live at the Ordway Center

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    11:30
  • 1:50 AM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 12

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concerti La Stravaganza

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Simon Standage, violin

    9:54
  • 1:23 AM

    Piano Quintet

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Reynaldo Hahn

    Parisii Quartet

    Alexandre Tharaud, piano

    26:09
  • 1:04 AM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Rudolf Kempe, conductor

    17:43
  • 1:00 AM

    Etude No. 1 "La Fileuse"

    Laura Netzel

    Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum, 2001 Festival (Live)

    Fredrik Ullen, piano

    3:00
  • 12:25 AM

    Kontra Quartet

    Anne Egendal, violin

    33:04
  • 12:22 AM

    Etude No. 8

    Frederic Chopin

    John Browning, piano

    2:13
  • 12:20 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Staccato Beans

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:20
  • 12:18 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Floating Clouds

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:45
  • 12:17 AM

    Eight Memories in Watercolor: Blue Nun

    Tan Dun

    Beijing Guitar Duo

    1:09
  • 12:07 AM

    Octet: 6th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Isabelle Faust, violin

    Anne-Katharina Schreiber, violin

    James Boyd, viola

    Kristin von der Goltz, cello

    James Munro, bass

    Lorenzo Coppola, clarinet

    8:58
  • 12:01 AM

    Eight Russian Folk Songs: selections

    Anatol Liadov

    Kottos

    4:39
  • 11:51 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:17
  • 11:23 PM

    Harp Concerto

    Reinhold Gliere

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    Rachel Masters, harp

    26:59
  • 11:14 PM

    Partita No. 3: Burlesca; Scherzo; Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Six Partitas

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    6:43
  • 11:06 PM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    7:34
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement

    Johan Svendsen

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    4:46
  • 10:46 PM

    Swan Lake: Act 1: Scene, Waltz, and Scene

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:18
  • 10:24 PM

    Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    20:39
  • 10:11 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works 2

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 10:06 PM

    La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus): Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:30
  • 10:01 PM

    Four Waltzes

    Johannes Brahms

    Canadian Brass

    4:52
  • 9:47 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 3

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    11:15
  • 9:22 PM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    23:27
  • 9:10 PM

    Wedding Scenes

    Bedrich Smetana

    Smetana: Short Orchestral Pieces

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Stankovsky, conductor

    10:59
  • 9:06 PM

    Until We Meet Again

    Michael Thurber/Tessa Lark

    Tessa Lark, violin

    Michael Thurber, double bass

    2:52
  • 9:01 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:57 PM

    In the Manner of Borodin

    Maurice Ravel

    English Symphony Orchestra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:00
  • 8:56 PM

    In the Manner of Borodin

    Maurice Ravel

    Donald Fraser: Songs for Strings

    English Symphony Orchetra

    Donald Fraser, conductor

    3:00
  • 8:52 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paarvo Jarvi, conductor

    3:59
  • 8:51 PM

    Scherzo a la Russe

    Igor Stravinsky

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    3:59
  • 8:47 PM

    First Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 8:46 PM

    First Xinjiang Dance

    Ding Shan-de

    Shanghai Philharmonic

    Cao Peng, conductor

    5:01
  • 6:01 PM

    Metropolitan Opera LIVE - The Damnation of Faust

    Hector Berlioz

    60:00
  • 5:48 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 5:33 PM

    Introductions, Variations and Rondo

    Fanny Hunerwadel

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    12:33
  • 5:11 PM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 5:06 PM

    Orchestral Suite No. 2: Badinerie

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Isabelle Perrin, harp

    Shigenori Kudo, flute

    1:27
  • 5:01 PM

    Pygmalion: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Les Arts Florissants

    William Christie, conductor

    4:47
  • 4:50 PM

    Casablanca Suite

    Max Steiner

    Casablanca - Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    8:41
  • 4:44 PM

    Spartacus: Love Theme

    Alex North

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    2:57
  • 4:40 PM

    Brokeback Mountain: 3

    Gustavo Santaolalla

    Studio Orchestra

    Gustavo Santaolalla, guitar

    Bob Bernstein, pedal steel guitar

    2:14
  • 4:36 PM

    An Affair to Remember

    Harry Warren

    Always And Forever - Movies' Greatest Love Songs

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    John Mauceri, conductor

    2:40
  • 4:30 PM

    Philadelphia Story: Suite

    Franz Waxman

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Gerhardt, conductor

    3:36
  • 4:23 PM

    Singin' in the Rain: Main Theme

    Nacio Herb Brown

    Salute: Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:38
  • 4:19 PM

    West Side Story: Finale

    Leonard Bernstein

    Studio Orchestra

    Johnny Green, conductor

    Natalie Wood, vocals

    4:23
  • 4:16 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme

    Nino Rota

    Hollywood's Greatest Hits

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:07 PM

    City Lights: Suite

    Charlie Chaplin

    Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano

    Philippe Quint, violin

    8:16
  • 4:01 PM

    Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme

    Maurice Jarre

    Motion Picture Classics, Volume 1

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:50 PM

    Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron): Overture

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    7:57
  • 3:43 PM

    Concerto No. 5

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Collegium Musicum 90

    Simon Standage, conductor

    7:20
  • 3:21 PM

    Shakespeare's Tempest

    John Knowles Paine

    John Knowles Paine: Orchestral Works

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    20:00
  • 3:15 PM

    Sanctuary Road: Rain

    Paul Moravec

    Oratorio Society of New York Orchestra

    Kent Tritle, conductor

    Laquita Mitchell, soprano

    Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo

    Joshua Blue, tenor

    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone

    Dashon Burton, bass

    4:01
  • 3:06 PM

    London Mozart Players

    Jane Glover, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:42 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 23

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    16:37
  • 2:24 PM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams; Tavener

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Benedetti, violin

    15:55
  • 2:15 PM

    The Planets: Mars

    Gustav Holst

    Kansas City Symphony

    Michael Stern, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:07 PM

    The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    7:38
  • 2:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 1:46 PM

    Panamanian Dances

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still

    Oregon String Quartet

    12:35
  • 1:40 PM

    Two Etudes

    Marie Bigot

    Betty Ann Miller, piano

    4:53
  • 1:14 PM

    Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 9 "The Great" & 8 "Unfinished"

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    24:35
  • 1:06 PM

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    6:10
  • 1:01 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Four Temperaments": 2nd movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:56 PM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 12:42 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    13:47
  • 12:26 PM

    In Nature's Realm Overture

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, In der Nature

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:25
  • 12:21 PM

    Appalachian Fantasy

    Tessa Lark

    Fantasy

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:16
  • 12:06 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    13:36
  • 12:01 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 1

    Cyril Scott

    SCOTT, C.: Violin Concerto / Festival Overture / Aubade / 3 Symphonic Dances

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martyn Brabbins, conductor

    4:40
  • 11:43 AM

    The Good-humored Ladies

    Vincenzo Tommasini

    Concert Arts Orchestra

    Robert Irving, conductor

    14:56
  • 11:23 AM

    Suite in Old Style

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths

    Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra

    Maxim Rysanov, conductor

    Maxim Rysanov, viola

    18:35
  • 11:15 AM

    The Old Ways

    Benedict Schlepper-Connolly

    Composing the Island

    Michael McHale, piano

    7:14
  • 11:06 AM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Alice Mary Smith

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    7:41
  • 11:01 AM

    1941: March

    John Williams

    John Williams at the Movies

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    4:25
  • 10:49 AM

    Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de deux

    Eduard Helsted

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    9:03
  • 10:20 AM

    Pas de Deux

    James Horner

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    Mari Samuelsen, violin

    Hakon Samuelsen, cello

    27:40
  • 10:17 AM

    The Sound of Silence

    Paul Simon

    12 Ensemble

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    2:44
  • 10:06 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenade KV 361 "Gran Partita"

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    9:13
  • 10:01 AM

    Two Pastorales

    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison: Seven Pastorales

    Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    4:36
  • 9:49 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 2nd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    9:29
  • 9:45 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    4:02
  • 9:42 AM

    Song for the Lonely

    William Grant Still

    William Grant Still: Summerland

    Alexa Still, flute

    3:16
  • 9:38 AM

    Alexa Still, flute

    Susan DeWitt Smith, piano

    3:25
  • 9:15 AM

    Rossiniana Suite

    Ottorino Respighi

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    21:47
  • 9:07 AM

    German Dance Suite

    Johann Pezel

    Canadian Brass

    7:29
  • 9:02 AM

    Perpetuum mobile

    Simon Jeffes

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    4:29
  • 8:32 AM

    Songbook

    Daron Hagen

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Michael Ludwig, violin

    27:48
  • 8:27 AM

    Kasia Kadlubowska, percussion

    Dominik Bukowski, percussion

    3:40
YourClassical Radio
0:00
0:00