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.’
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Peter Breiner, conductor
Christ is the Morning Star
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Graham Ross, conductor
Essential Voices USA
Judith Clurman, conductor
James Cunningham, piano
Three French Carols (Ding Dong; O Come Emmanuel; Angels We Have Heard on High)
Christmas with Solid Brass
Solid Brass
Artaria Quartet
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Christmas Carols at King's with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
David Briggs, organ
Wake, Awake, for Night is flying
Christmas At St. Olaf 2010: A Child, A Son, The Prince of Peace
St. Olaf Choir
Anton Armstrong, conductor
Chanticleer
Copper Street Brass Quintet
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Leontyne Price, soprano
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vanska, conductor
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
USAF Singing Sergeants
Lowell E. Graham, conductor
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Voces8
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Linda Chatterton, flute
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
John Rutter, conductor
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Christian Eggen, conductor
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Sarah Grudem, harp
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
MDR Radio Chorus Leipzig
Philipp Ahmann, conductor
Adagio Trio
Chanticleer
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Michael Ludwig, violin
Rossini Hayward, guitar
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Tarara tarara qui yo soy Antoniyo
Celebremos el Nino: Christmas Delights from the Mexican Baroque
Rose Ensemble
Orphei Drangar
Robert Sund, conductor
Carducci Quartet
Alexandra Whittingham, guitar
The Singers
Matthew Culloton, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Frank Wallace, guitar
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Ihr Kinderlein kommet (O Come Little Children)
The Vienna Choir Boys - Merry Christmas, Carols From North America And Europe
Vienna Boys Choir
Gerald Wirth, organ
Kris Frankenfeld, violin
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Hiram Titus, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Emily Mitchell, harp
The Polar Express: Spirit of the Season
The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack Recording
Alan Silvestri, conductor
Sarahbanda
Sarah Willis, horn
The OK Factor
