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!
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
Canadian Brass
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
John Williams, guitar
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Gesualdo Six
Xavier de Maistre, harp
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
Luther College Choir
Craig Arnold, conductor
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Nikki Christopher, harp
Calmus Ensemble Leipzig
Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar
New York Pops
Skitch Henderson, conductor
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
Eva Beneke, guitar
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Petrdlik, conductor
Chanticleer
Daniel Hyde, organ
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
Eric Stark, conductor
Rachel Van Voorhees, harp
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
Choir of Royal Holloway
Rupert Gough, conductor
Septura
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp
The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Voces8
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox, conductor
Quink
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
James Galway, conductor
James Galway, flute
Eaken Piano Trio
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
Cantus
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Quittez, pasteurs (Come leave your sheep)
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Ronn McFarlane, lute
Dmitri Ensemble
Graham Ross, conductor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christian Eggen, conductor
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Roland Pontinen, piano
Chanticleer
Huddersfield Choral Society
Keith Rhodes, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Buzz Brass
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Adagio Trio
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
John Bayless, piano
Choral Arts Ensemble
Michael Culloton, conductor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
Jul, Jul, stralande jul (Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule)
Snowflakes - A Classical Christmas
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra
Torodd Wigum, conductor
Oystein Baadsvik, tuba
Voces8
Tarara tarara qui yo soy Antoniyo
Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque
Rose Ensemble
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Allan Clayton, tenor
Emily Mitchell, harp
