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Listen to our 2022 winter holiday specials on demand

We have a variety of Christmas and other classical specials for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day. Listen to them any time that's convenient using this comprehensive listing.

Holiday specials are posted throughout the season, so bookmark this page and keep checking back to see if your favorite is listed. Looking for the holiday programming schedule? Click below.

2022 Classical Holiday Programming Schedule

Hanukkah

LISTEN — Candles Burning Brightly

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Candles Burning Brightly
Classical Feature - Holiday

Christmas

LISTEN — Carol Countdown

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Carol Countdown
Classical Feature - Holiday

LISTEN — All Is Bright

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All is Bright
Classical Feature - Holiday

LISTEN — A Soulful Christmas

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A Soulful Christmas
A Soulful Christmas

LISTEN — Christmas at Luther: Awake! and Greet the New Morn

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Christmas at Luther
Christmas at Luther

LISTEN — Christmas With Cantus

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Christmas with Cantus
Christmas with Cantus

LISTEN  Echoes of Christmas – A Dale Warland Special

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Echoes of Christmas
Echoes of Christmas

LISTEN — Hygge Holiday

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Hygge Holiday
Classical Feature - Holiday

LISTEN — A Chanticleer Christmas

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A Chanticleer Christmas 2022
A Chanticleer Christmas 2022

LISTEN — St. Olaf Christmas Festival

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St. Olaf Christmas Festival 2022
Classical Feature - Holiday

LISTEN — Welcome Christmas

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Welcome Christmas
Welcome Christmas

LISTEN — Minnesota Orchestra and Border CrosSing perform El Mesías

Audio for this special broadcast will be available for 30 days.

Kwanzaa

LISTEN  We Stand on Top of the Mountain: A Kwanzaa Celebration

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We Stand On Top of the Mountain
Classical Feature - Holiday

Thanksgiving

LISTEN  Every Good Thing

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Every Good Thing
Every Good Thing

LISTEN  Giving Thanks

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Giving Thanks
Giving Thanks - John Birge - 2022

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Latest Holiday Episodes

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2023 YourClassical Holiday Programming Schedule
Listen to our 2023 winter holiday specials on demand
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Listen now to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'

Listen now to '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. But you can relive this glorious event through on-demand audio, which is available through Jan. 23.

Listen to 'YourClassical Christmas Favorites,' as chosen by you

Listen to 'YourClassical Christmas Favorites,' as chosen by you

You ranked your favorite holiday tunes. Now, we’ve tallied the results to create ‘YourClassical Christmas Favorites,’ a two-hour holiday special highlighting the top carols based on your votes. Listen now, with hosts Tom Crann and Valerie Kahler.

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Cantus: 'I Hear America Singing'

Cantus: 'I Hear America Singing'

The view of one’s life’s work has taken on different meanings in societies and eras across the world. This Labor Day, join Cantus for ‘I Hear America Singing,’ a joyful examination of the role work has played in our lives in years past and how work might evolve into the future. Listen now!

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John Philip Sousa marched all over Minnesota back in the day

John Philip Sousa marched all over Minnesota back in the day

John Philip Sousa was no stranger to Minnesota. He and his band performed here more than 100 times, including at the State Fair, and he even composed two marches inspired by our state. But there's so much more that connects the March King with Minnesota.

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Celebrate July Fourth with our 4-hour, patriotic classical playlist
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New interpretation of 'America the Beautiful' helps celebrate Fourth of July
'Juneteenth: Remembrance and Celebration' honors Black freedom

'Juneteenth: Remembrance and Celebration' honors Black freedom

This Juneteenth we commemorate the holiday with two contrasting and power playlist — Remembrance and Celebration. Remembrance is about the past and represents the struggle of Black Americans to get to where we are today and Celebration is about the joy and jubilee felt in the presence of positive change for now and in the future.

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Listen: SPCO performs Handel's 'Messiah' with the Singers and all-star vocal roster
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