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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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  • 8:49 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    I Wonder as I Wander

    Copley Singers

    Brian Jones, conductor

    Christian Lane, organ

    4:00
  • 8:47 AM

    Noel No. 8

    Louis-Claude Daquin

    Carol Of The Drum: A New Age Christmas

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    2:11
  • 8:44 AM

    What is this Lovely Fragrance?

    Traditional French

    John Rutter: The Colours Of Christmas

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    3:18
  • 8:41 AM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Traditional

    The Great British Carol Collection

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    2:57
  • 8:38 AM

    Noel, Noel, Bells are Ringing

    Alice Grainger/Wilber Chenoweth

    Christmas with the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus

    May Festival Chorus

    Robert Porco, conductor

    2:25
  • 8:25 AM

    Fantasy de Noel

    Traditional

    'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Burning River Brass

    4:45
  • 8:24 AM

    The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suite

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    1:14
  • 8:20 AM

    Winter Wonderland

    Felix Bernard

    Christmas at Steinway Hall

    Simon Mulligan, piano

    4:26
  • 8:16 AM

    Home Alone: Somewhere in My Memory

    John Williams

    The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics

    Crouch End Festival Chorus

    Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor

    3:21
  • 8:12 AM

    Christ the Apple Tree

    Stanford Scriven

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:59
  • 8:11 AM

    Paraphrase on "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:40
  • 8:07 AM

    Deilig er Jorden (Fairest Lord Jesus)

    Traditional

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    3:51
  • 8:05 AM

    Noel Berger

    Jean Bouvard

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Ancia Saxophone Quartet

    1:48
  • 8:00 AM

    Christmas Lullaby

    John Rutter

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    4:58
  • 7:55 AM

    Greensleeves to a Ground

    Anonymous

    Daniel Hope: Air

    Daniel Hope, violin

    4:41
  • 7:52 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    3:15
  • 7:38 AM

    A Christmas Carol: Suite

    Richard Addinsell

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    14:07
  • 7:36 AM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

    1:28
  • 7:31 AM

    Evening of plenty, evening of goodness

    Traditional Ukrainian

    Ukrainian Christmas

    Lviv National Philharmonic

    Serhii Khorovets, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    4:56
  • 7:28 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Simply Christmas

    Ayako Shinozaki, harp

    2:48
  • 7:25 AM

    Giv mig ej glans, ej guld, ej prakt (Give me no Splendour, Gold, or Pomp)

    Jean Sibelius

    Christmas Wonderland

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    3:24
  • 7:22 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Mad About Christmas

    Westminster Choir

    Simon Preston, conductor

    3:30
  • 7:20 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Carols for Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    Jeffrey Van, guitar

    1:20
  • 7:16 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    Christmas Around the World

    West Edge String Quartet

    3:42
  • 7:12 AM

    Bethlehem Down

    Peter Warlock

    Song of the Nativity

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    4:44
  • 7:08 AM

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    Traditional

    The Music of a Victoria Christmas

    Empire Brass

    3:24
  • 7:04 AM

    The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

    Mel Torme

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    This Christmas with Imani Winds

    Imani Winds

    2:53
  • 6:57 AM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Music For Christmas

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:54
  • 6:50 AM

    Wassail Song

    Traditional English

    The Holly And The Ivy

    Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:40
  • 6:47 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    Christmas Tradition

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    2:50
  • 6:40 AM

    Ave Maria

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    7:14
  • 6:36 AM

    O Come, O Come Emmanuel

    Traditional

    Home for the Holidays

    Genghis Barbie

    3:17
  • 6:31 AM

    Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Life And Breath

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    Emmanuel Lopez, cello

    5:11
  • 6:28 AM

    L'Enfance du Christ: Shepherd's Farewell

    Hector Berlioz

    Choral Masterpieces

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    3:26
  • 6:24 AM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    In Adventu Domini

    Ensemble Amarcord

    3:07
  • 6:22 AM

    Away in a Manger

    Traditional

    Christmas With London Brass

    London Brass

    2:13
  • 6:19 AM

    O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)

    Traditional German

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:44
  • 6:15 AM

    Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang

    Grayston Ives

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 3

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    3:50
  • 6:10 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Leroy Anderson

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    3:03
  • 6:05 AM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:25
  • 6:03 AM

    The Nutcracker: March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, Etc / Argerich, Abbado

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:16
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