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St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Singers perform Handel's 'Messiah'

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Singers perform Handel's 'Messiah'

Join the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, guest conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, vocal ensemble the Singers and an all-star roster of vocal soloists for the ensemble’s annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Listen to the live broadcast with host Steve Seel at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, on YourClassical MPR.

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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  • 2:03 PM

    Jolly Old Saint Nicholas/Up on the Housetop

    Medley

    Trombones Under the Tree

    Joseph Alessi, trombone

    2:47
  • 1:56 PM

    A Visit from St. Nicholas

    Robert Burns Arnot

    Robert Burns Arnot: The Christmas Symphony

    Vienna Synchron Orchestra

    Bernhard Voss, conductor

    6:39
  • 1:51 PM

    Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Felix Mendelssohn

    The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics

    Crouch End Festival Chorus

    Evan Jolly/Paul Bateman, conductor

    2:41
  • 1:48 PM

    Good King Wenceslas

    Traditional

    Chanticleer: Our Favorite Carols

    Chanticleer

    2:23
  • 1:44 PM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:57
  • 1:41 PM

    Star Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: The Colours Of Christmas

    Bach Choir

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:51
  • 1:39 PM

    It Came upon the Midnight Clear

    Richard Willis

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    1:49
  • 1:36 PM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    3:20
  • 1:32 PM

    Festival Fanfare

    John Wasson

    Horns For The Holidays

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    3:43
  • 1:31 PM

    Deck the Hall

    Traditional

    Nativity: Carols And Anthems For Christmas

    Cantemus Chamber Choir

    Huw Williams, conductor

    1:23
  • 1:26 PM

    Behold a Tender Babe

    Paul Mealor

    Blessing: The Music of Paul Mealor

    Voce Chamber Choir

    Mark Singleton, conductor

    Jack Anthony Pott, tenor

    4:57
  • 1:24 PM

    I Saw Three Ships

    Traditional English

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:28
  • 1:22 PM

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    John Rutter: Brass at Christmas

    Black Dyke Band

    Nicholas Childs, conductor

    1:42
  • 1:08 PM

    Serenade of Carols

    Morton Gould

    A Musical Christmas Tree

    New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Morton Gould, conductor

    13:38
  • 1:05 PM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    3:09
  • 1:03 PM

    Carol of the Bells

    Mikola Leontovich

    Peaceful Christmas

    Roman Nagel, piano

    1:25
  • 1:00 PM

    There is No Rose of Such Virtue

    Anonymous

    All Is Bright

    Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

    Grant Llewellyn, conductor

    3:35
  • 12:54 PM

    Beautiful Sing

    Eric William Barnum

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 6

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    5:58
  • 12:52 PM

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Of a Rose: A Chorale Christmas

    Phoenix Chorale

    Charles Bruffy, conductor

    1:41
  • 12:50 PM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    A Harp For Christmas, Vol. 2

    Emily Mitchell, harp

    2:00
  • 12:45 PM

    Still, Still, Still

    Traditional German

    Carols and Christmas Songs

    Welsh National Opera Orchestra

    Tecwyn Evans, conductor

    Bryn Terfel, bass

    4:21
  • 12:41 PM

    All My Heart This Night Rejoices

    Z. Randall Stroope

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    4:14
  • 12:37 PM

    A La Nanita Nana

    Traditional Spanish

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 1

    Cantus

    2:03
  • 12:33 PM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:50
  • 12:30 PM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:43
  • 12:24 PM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36
  • 12:22 PM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, Etc / Argerich, Abbado

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:06
  • 12:09 PM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22
  • 12:08 PM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:08
  • 12:01 PM

    Elf: Papa Elf

    John Debney

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    3:21
  • 11:55 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    6:06
  • 11:48 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:47
  • 11:43 AM

    O Day Full of Grace

    Traditional Norwegian

    Everlasting God

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    3:52
  • 11:40 AM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional German

    The Great British Carol Collection

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    3:19
  • 11:39 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:13
  • 11:37 AM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    1:41
  • 11:34 AM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    Christmas With Thomas Hampson

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    2:49
  • 11:32 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:10
  • 11:28 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    3:19
  • 11:24 AM

    Quelle est cette odeur agreable?

    Traditional French

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    4:26
  • 11:20 AM

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Greatest Classical Show On Earth

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:13
  • 11:16 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:11
  • 11:10 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    6:04
  • 11:05 AM

    Concert Variations on "Adeste Fideles"

    Carlos Salzedo

    LULLABIES AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS

    Judy Loman, harp

    4:55
  • 11:02 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily On High

    Traditional French

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    2:43
  • 10:50 AM

    Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Johannes Brahms

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:57
  • 10:41 AM

    Tu scendi dalle stelle (You descended from the heavens)

    Alfonso Maria de Liguori

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    2:37
  • 10:38 AM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    A Family Christmas

    Piano Guys

    3:11
  • 10:34 AM

    All around the world, good tidings

    Traditional Ukrainian

    Ukrainian Christmas

    Lviv National Philharmonic

    Serhii Khorovets, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    3:08
  • 10:22 AM

    A Christmas Greeting

    Alfred Burt

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    12:50
  • 10:19 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    2:14
  • 10:16 AM

    The Christmas Tree

    Alexis Ffrench/Jobim Ffrench

    Christmas Piano with Alexis

    Alexis Ffrench, piano

    2:57
  • 10:11 AM

    Love Came Down at Christmas

    David Dickau

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 4

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Barbara Depman, conductor

    4:49
  • 10:05 AM

    The Christmas Song/Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    Mel Torme/Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    5:45
  • 9:58 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Favorite Waltzes

    Berlin Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Wohlert, conductor

    6:30
  • 9:56 AM

    Good-Will to Men and Peace on Earth

    Dobrinka Tabakova

    A Deep but Dazzling Darkness

    Apollo5

    2:56
  • 9:53 AM

    Wondrous to Say

    Carl Nielsen

    Stille Nacht: Christmas Carols for Guitar

    Rossini Hayward, guitar

    2:15
  • 9:43 AM

    Christmas Cantata

    Daniel Pinkham

    Noel

    Washington Chorus

    Robert Shafer, conductor

    9:35
  • 9:39 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    I Wonder as I Wander

    Copley Singers

    Brian Jones, conductor

    Christian Lane, organ

    4:00
  • 9:35 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Cor Christmas

    Cortango

    Cally Banham, English horn

    4:13
  • 9:27 AM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 9:22 AM

    A Canadian Brass Christmas Card

    Howard Cable

    A Christmas Gloria

    Canadian Brass

    4:12
  • 9:20 AM

    German Dance No. 3 "Sleigh Ride"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Karajan Conducts Orchestral Favorites I

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:47
  • 9:17 AM

    Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

    Traditional Polish

    Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:52
  • 9:16 AM

    We Three Kings

    Traditional

    A Christmas Gift

    David Wood, guitar

    1:26
  • 9:10 AM

    Amahl and the Night Visitors: selections

    Gian Carlo Menotti

    Favorite Holiday Classics

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    6:07
  • 9:07 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Christmas

    Gesualdo Six

    2:51
  • 9:05 AM

    Paraphrase on "Greensleeves"

    Carlos Salzedo

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:41
  • 9:01 AM

    Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus

    George Frideric Handel

    The Classic Christmas Album

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    3:57
  • 8:58 AM

    Joy, Joy, Joy

    Traditional

    Christmas At Luther 2009

    Luther College Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    2:39
  • 8:53 AM

    Magnificat: Magnificat anima mea

    Taylor Scott Davis

    A Choral Christmas

    Voces8

    Jack Liebeck, conductor

    5:35
  • 8:50 AM

    A Festival of Music: Christmas Bells

    Frank Ferko

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Nikki Christopher, harp

    2:38
  • 8:47 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Calmus Christmas Carols

    Calmus Ensemble Leipzig

    2:40
  • 8:35 AM

    Christmas Suite

    Traditional

    The Sounds Of Christmas On Guitar

    Giovanni De Chiaro, guitar

    11:50
  • 8:31 AM

    Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

    Leon Jessel

    The New York Pops Christmas in the Country

    New York Pops

    Skitch Henderson, conductor

    3:46
  • 8:29 AM

    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night)

    Traditional English

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    1:48
  • 8:27 AM

    Coming Home

    Eva Beneke

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 7

    Eva Beneke, guitar

    2:21
  • 8:21 AM

    Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

    Traditional French

    Stephen Paulus: Carols For Christmas

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    1:18
  • 8:17 AM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Samuel Scheidt

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    3:07
  • 8:13 AM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    On Christmas Night

    Daniel Hyde, organ

    4:01
  • 8:07 AM

    All Bells in Paradise

    John Rutter

    Festival of Carols

    Indianapolis Symphonic Choir

    Eric Stark, conductor

    6:09
  • 8:06 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    Christmas Favorites

    Rachel Van Voorhees, harp

    1:01
  • 8:03 AM

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Elizabeth Poston

    Carols From St. John's College, Cambridge

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    3:28
  • 7:56 AM

    A Visit from St. Nicholas

    Robert Burns Arnot

    Robert Burns Arnot: The Christmas Symphony

    Vienna Synchron Orchestra

    Bernhard Voss, conductor

    6:39
  • 7:52 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Ola Gjeilo: Winter Songs

    Choir of Royal Holloway

    Rupert Gough, conductor

    3:56
  • 7:49 AM

    The Three Kings

    Peter Cornelius

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:33
  • 7:45 AM

    Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine

    Traditional German

    Journey to Bethlehem

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:30
  • 7:40 AM

    Adeste fideles

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:17
  • 7:37 AM

    Gesu Bambino

    Pietro Yon

    The Ultimate Classical Christmas

    Vienna Symphony Orchestra

    Steven Mercurio, conductor

    Ying Huang, soprano

    3:28
  • 7:30 AM

    The Nutcracker: Characteristic Dances

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Dukas: The Sourcerer's Apprentice

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    6:40
  • 7:28 AM

    I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve

    Traditional Norwegian

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 2

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    1:37
  • 7:21 AM

    A Christmas Waltz Fantasy

    Ryan Murphy

    Home For The Holidays

    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

    Mack Wilberg/Ryan Murphy, conductor

    7:29
  • 7:17 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Eventide

    Voces8

    3:22
  • 7:10 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius Miniatures

    Northern Sinfonia of England

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    6:30
  • 7:09 AM

    The Cherry Tree Carol

    Traditional

    Carols Around The World

    Quink

    1:42
  • 7:05 AM

    Fantasia on "I Saw Three Ships"

    Traditional

    The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever!

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    James Galway, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    3:09
  • 7:01 AM

    Away in a Manger

    James Murray

    Most Wonderful Time

    Eaken Piano Trio

    4:04
  • 6:50 AM

    Four Christmas Motets

    Francis Poulenc

    Poulenc Motets

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    11:27
  • 6:45 AM

    Deck the Halls

    Traditional English

    Comfort and Joy, Vol. 2

    Cantus

    4:05
  • 6:42 AM

    Donkey Carol

    John Rutter

    John Rutter: Music For Christmas

    City of London Sinfonia

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    3:24
  • 6:39 AM

    Quittez, pasteurs (Come leave your sheep)

    Traditional French

    The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album / Rutter

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    2:28
  • 6:35 AM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Leontyne Price: Christmas Songs

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Leontyne Price, soprano

    4:25
  • 6:32 AM

    The Snowman: Walking in the Air

    Howard Blake

    Imagine Christmas

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    2:51
  • 6:29 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Christmas from Norway

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Christian Eggen, conductor

    Lise Davidsen, soprano

    2:46
  • 6:25 AM

    Christmas Tree Suite: Adeste fideles

    Franz Liszt

    Evening Bells

    Roland Pontinen, piano

    3:26
  • 6:21 AM

    Silent Night

    Franz Gruber

    Let It Snow!

    Chanticleer

    4:07
  • 6:13 AM

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Huddersfield Choral Society

    Keith Rhodes, conductor

    7:19
  • 6:06 AM

    Happy Holidays

    Medley

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    3:59
  • 6:06 AM

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Traditional

    Christmas

    Buzz Brass

    :55
  • 6:03 AM

    My Dancing Day

    Traditional English

    Songs Of Angels: Christmas Hymns And Carols

    Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    2:10