The BBC Proms concerts return to YourClassical for the 2026 season. Enjoy live performances featuring world-class ensembles, conductors and soloists from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Listen at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays through Sept. 25 — plus on-demand audio for 30 days afterward.
Minnesota Winds takes the stage for an unforgettable season finale concert led by guest conductor Cynthia Johnston Turner and featuring a world premiere by Katherine Bergman. Listen to the live broadcast with host Tom Crann at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, on YourClassical MPR.
Pianist Alice Sara Ott recently returned to Iceland to record the music of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. The resulting record features some of Jóhannsson’s orchestral works reimagined for solo piano, including some of his film scores. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Artistic Partner Gábor Takács-Nagy returns for another consecutive season finale leading the orchestra in a program that touches on many of its 2025-26 season themes, including the idea of music and art as hope and light. Listen to the concert now!
‘Extra Eclectic’ continues our time at the 2026 BBC Proms Festival this week with Welsh composer Gwilym Simcock’s Triple Concerto for Saxophone, Horn and Cello performed by the soloists who premiered it: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ Martha Argerich joins Lahav Shani and the Munich Philharmonic for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program, Brahms’ final symphony and Louise Farrenc’s Overture No. 2. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
Concert Master Steven Copes and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra join pianist and composer Stephen Prutsman for a new project that takes works by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and reimagines them for chamber orchestra. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.
This summer, the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) wowed audiences during its New Zealand and Australia tour. Listen to the ensemble’s send-off concert — recorded at Orchestra Hall and hosted by Steve Staruch — from this past June.
Cantus and Imani Winds join forces for ‘My Ancestors Speak,’ a powerful joint concert that unites a stunning vocal octet and a dynamic wind quintet for story and song that explores and celebrates the rich, diverse cultural lineages of both ensembles. Listen to the concert now!
On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ the Los Angeles Philharmonic and music director Gustavo Dudamel pair the wild rhythms of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 with the politically charged pulse of Gabriela Ortiz’ ‘Revolución diamantina.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel!
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