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.’
The Summer Singers
Vicki Peters, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Philip Ledger, conductor
Thomas Trotter, organ
Clare College Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Elora Festival Singers
Noel Edison, conductor
Canadian Brass
Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Daniel Hyde, conductor
William Fox, organ
Isthmus Brass
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Andrew Nethsingha, conductor
John Challenger, organ
Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, conductor
Eaken Piano Trio
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Craig Jessop, conductor
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Dawn Harms, conductor
Theatre of Voices
Paul Hillier, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Chanticleer
South Dakota Chorale
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass
Quittez, pasteurs (Come leave your sheep)
The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Cantus
St. Charles Singers
Jeffrey Hunt, conductor
Choir of New College, Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, conductor
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
David Willcocks, conductor
Alexis Ffrench, piano
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
Musica Sacra
Richard Westenburg, conductor
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Dance Suite
Barber: Souvenirs; Menotti: Sebastian, Amahl and the Night Visitors
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Schenck, conductor
Renaissonics
Kantorei
Peter Reit, horn
Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Arturo Delmoni, violin
Pentatonix
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Peter Breiner, 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
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
Roman Nagel, piano
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
Mark Small, guitar
VocalEssence
Philip Brunelle, conductor
RTE Concert Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Robert Shaw, conductor
Goran Sollscher, guitar
Cantus
Emily Mitchell, harp
Gesualdo Six
Hodie: Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres
Vaughan Williams: Hodie; Fantasia on Christmas Carols
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
Baltimore Consort
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Ziegler, conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Canadian Brass
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox, conductor
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
Rene Clausen, conductor
Alexis Ffrench, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw, conductor
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
David Willcocks, conductor
Voce Chamber Choir
Mark Singleton, conductor
National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
Septura
Gregorian Singers
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir
Eric Stark, conductor
David Duncan, piano
City of London Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
Waverly Consort
Michael Jaffee, conductor
Joel Frederiksen, bass-baritone
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Petrdlik, conductor
