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.’
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Cantus
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
Kelly Yost, piano
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
Philip Barnes, conductor
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite
Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
Drop down, ye heavens, from above
Drop Down, Ye Heavens: Advent Antiphons for Choir and Saxophone
Siglo de Oro
Patrick Allies, conductor
Rossini Hayward, guitar
Kris Frankenfeld, violin
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
Martin Ford, organ
Steve Anderson, piano
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Canadian Brass
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Lviv National Philharmonic
Serhii Khorovets, conductor
Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin
Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tecwyn Evans, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass
The Steeles
USAF Singing Sergeants
Lowell E. Graham, conductor
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Pavel Snajdr, conductor
Alexis Ffrench, piano
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
Bach Choir
David Willcocks, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Luther College Choir
Craig Arnold, conductor
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Petrdlik, conductor
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
Cuban Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
Sarahbanda
MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig
Philipp Ahmann, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Eva Beneke, guitar
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
Taverner Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Artaria Quartet
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Elora Festival Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox, conductor
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
Rose Ensemble
Janackova Philharmonic Ostrava
Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor
Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Skylark Vocal Ensemble
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi
Respighi: The Birds, Three Boticelli Pictures
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Dolce Wind Quintet
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
Philip Barnes, conductor
Arsys
Pierre Cao, conductor
Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)
Met Stars At Christmas
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Anton Guadagno, conductor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Favourite Selections
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Desmond Earley, conductor
Canadian Brass
Voces8
Jack Liebeck, conductor
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Tecwyn Evans, conductor
Bryn Terfel, bass
The OK Factor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Douglas Gamley, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Allan Wilson, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Artaria Quartet
Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas
The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe
Vienna Boys Choir
Christian Schulz, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
The Gents
Peter Dijkstra, conductor
May Festival Chorus
Robert Porco, conductor
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Dallas Wind Symphony
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Jasper String Quartet
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
London Brass
Septura
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Carols for Choir and Orchestra
Christmas At St. Olaf 2009: Light Of All Creation...Scatter The Darkness
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
London Music Works
Rossini Hayward, guitar
Cantus
Adagio Trio
Clare College Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Simon Vaughan, baritone
Michael Chertock, piano
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus
Neville Marriner, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
Rene Jacobs, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Simon Rattle, conductor
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Voces8
4 Girls 4 Harps
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Daniel Hyde, conductor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Bologna Theater Orchestra
Michele Mariotti, conductor
Juan Diego Florez, tenor
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
Chilly Gonzales, piano
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Emily Mitchell, harp
Chanticleer
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
