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.’
Phoenix Chorale
Christopher Gabbitas, conductor
Sinfonia Cymru
John Rutter, conductor
Catrin Finch, harp
Cantemus Chamber Choir
Huw Williams, conductor
Ayako Shinozaki, harp
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Paul Salamunovich, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Marisa Robles, harp
Fairfax Choral Society
Douglas Mears, conductor
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs, conductor
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Christmas Carols at King's with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Andrew Davis, organ
Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Allan Wilson, conductor
Rolando Villazon, tenor
Imani Winds
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christian Eggen, conductor
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Goran Sollscher, guitar
Quink
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Harry Bicket, conductor
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Chanticleer
Suite of Carols
ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season
The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Vienna Synchron Orchestra
Bernhard Voss, conductor
Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Peter Illenyi, conductor
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Charles Groves, conductor
Copley Singers
Brian Jones, conductor
Ian Hobson, piano
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
London Brass
Carol of the Bells
Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars
Emma Johnson, clarinet
Minnesota Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Carmen Dragon, conductor
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
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
