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'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'

'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 and on-demand audio is no longer available. Join us on Christmas Eve 2025 for another unforgettable service.

2024 YourClassical Holiday Programming Schedule
Did you miss one of our holiday specials?

Did you miss one of our holiday specials?

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!

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Listen to 'YourClassical Christmas Favorites,' as ranked by you
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Listen: SPCO performs Haydn’s 'Il Distratto' Symphony
Enjoy 'St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Celebrating 150 Years of St. Olaf College'
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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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'Chanticleer Christmas'

'Chanticleer Christmas'

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.’

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  • 10:13 AM

    Peace, only peace

    Ahti Sonninen

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:29
  • 10:10 AM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    Christmas at Assisi

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    3:13
  • 10:06 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Canadian Brass: The Christmas Album

    Canadian Brass

    3:31
  • 10:02 AM

    I Wonder as I Wander

    John Jacob Niles

    Dulci Jubilo: Christmas With The Singers

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:57
  • 9:58 AM

    Dormi, Jesu

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

    Black Dyke Band

    Nicholas Childs, conductor

    3:42
  • 9:55 AM

    Ad te levavi

    Giovanni Palestrina

    Cantate Domino

    Sistine Chapel Choir

    Massimo Palombella, conductor

    2:58
  • 9:50 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    I Wonder as I Wander

    Copley Singers

    Brian Jones, conductor

    5:40
  • 9:46 AM

    Happy Holidays

    Medley

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:59
  • 9:42 AM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    3:22
  • 9:40 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Behold This Heavenly Night

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:01
  • 9:38 AM

    Ding Dong! Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Christmas Carols at King's with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    2:03
  • 9:35 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    Make The Season Bright

    United States Air Force Band

    Lowell E. Graham, conductor

    2:55
  • 9:34 AM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    1:31
  • 9:25 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

    City of London Sinfonia

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:35
  • 9:23 AM

    Sing a Joyful Song of Christmas

    Ronald Kaufmann

    The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe

    Vienna Boys Choir

    Christian Schulz, conductor

    2:17
  • 9:21 AM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    1:41
  • 9:16 AM

    What Child is This?

    Traditional English

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    4:37
  • 9:14 AM

    Wondrous to Say

    Carl Nielsen

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:15
  • 9:12 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Sleighride! Classic Christmas Favorites

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    2:09
  • 9:08 AM

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices

    Z. Randall Stroope

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    4:14
  • 9:06 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

    1:28
  • 9:01 AM

    Winter's Garland: In Winter's House

    Joanna Marsh

    Joy to the World

    Chanticleer

    4:44
  • 8:59 AM

    Curoo, Curoo (Carol of the Birds)

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas, Vol. 2

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    1:43
  • 8:56 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Carols From The Old And New Worlds

    Theatre of Voices

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    3:51
  • 8:48 AM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 8:46 AM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!

    Traditional

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    2:12
  • 8:42 AM

    Atencion, atencion

    Antonio de Salazar

    Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque

    Rose Ensemble

    4:13
  • 8:40 AM

    A La Nanita Nana

    Traditional Spanish

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 1

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 8:37 AM

    While Shepherds Watched

    Traditional

    A Traditional Christmas Collection

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:32
  • 8:33 AM

    Rose Ever Blooming: Lo, How a Rose

    Jocelyn Hagen/Timothy C. Takach

    Rose Ever Blooming

    Voces8 Foundation Orchestra

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    Jack Liebeck, violin

    3:50
  • 8:29 AM

    Cantata No. 133: Ich freue mich in dir

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    4:09
  • 8:23 AM

    Messiah: Pifa

    George Frideric Handel

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:17
  • 8:22 AM

    Il est ne, le divin enfant (Now is born the divine Christ child)

    Traditional French

    4 Girls 4 Harps At Christmas

    4 Girls 4 Harps

    1:50
  • 8:17 AM

    Holidays at Home

    Sam Cardon

    O Come Little Children

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:38
  • 8:10 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:30
  • 8:06 AM

    The Toy Factory: Little Elves, Fairies and Snowmen

    John Wineglass

    Dashing, Vol. 3

    Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

    Pavel Snajdr, conductor

    4:25
  • 8:03 AM

    The Nutcracker: Arabian Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    2:57
  • 7:59 AM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 7:54 AM

    The Sound of Christmas!

    Nick Auer

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    5:07
  • 7:50 AM

    Resonet in Laudibus

    Orlando di Lasso (Lassus)

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    4:00
  • 7:45 AM

    Christ is the Morning Star

    John Rutter

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    4:25
  • 7:42 AM

    Noel Nouvelet

    Traditional French

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:15
  • 7:40 AM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Christmas Carols from King's College

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    1:43
  • 7:40 AM

    Here We Come a-Wassailing (Wassail Song)

    Traditional

    Trombones Under the Tree

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    :52
  • 7:37 AM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    Christmas With Thomas Hampson

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    2:49
  • 7:33 AM

    Snowride

    Angela Morley

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 7:27 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    6:06
  • 7:23 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    Hampton String Quartet

    4:19
  • 7:20 AM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:14
  • 7:13 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:11
  • 7:12 AM

    Gloucestershire Wassail

    Traditional English

    Christmas Spirit

    Mainstreet Brass Quintet

    1:54
  • 7:02 AM

    A Christmas Festival

    Leroy Anderson

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    9:28
  • 6:59 AM

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Traditional

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    3:14
  • 6:49 AM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    1:49
  • 6:48 AM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Carols For Dancing

    Renaissonics

    1:15
  • 6:44 AM

    God is born

    Traditional Ukrainian

    Ukrainian Christmas

    Lviv National Philharmonic

    Serhii Khorovets, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    3:26
  • 6:41 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    3:28
  • 6:36 AM

    Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A Bach Festival

    Empire Brass

    Douglas Major, organ

    4:52
  • 6:34 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Mater ora filium: Music for Epiphany

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    Graham Ross, conductor

    2:12
  • 6:31 AM

    First Snow

    Ola Gjeilo

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    12 Ensemble

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:26
  • 6:26 AM

    Behold a Tender Babe

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    Jack Anthony Pott, tenor

    4:57
  • 6:23 AM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Samuel Scheidt

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    3:07
  • 6:21 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:03
  • 6:17 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional

    Festival of Carols

    Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

    Eric Stark, conductor

    4:22
  • 6:11 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 6:08 AM

    Star Carol

    Traditional

    O Come All Ye Faithful

    Bach Choir

    David Willcocks, conductor

    2:41
  • 6:05 AM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    3:29
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