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'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols'

'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 and on-demand audio is no longer available. Join us on Christmas Eve 2025 for another unforgettable service.

2024 YourClassical Holiday Programming Schedule
Did you miss one of our holiday specials?

Did you miss one of our holiday specials?

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!

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Listen to 'YourClassical Christmas Favorites,' as ranked by you
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St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Julie Albers perform Elgar
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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  • 7:00 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem

    Traditional

    Welcome Christmas: Carols and Lullabies from Around the World

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    3:50

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  • 6:56 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Ola Gjeilo

    Lux

    Voces8

    3:43

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  • 6:51 AM

    Sleigh Ride

    Frederick Delius

    Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    5:36

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  • 6:49 AM

    The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Pipes

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, Etc / Argerich, Abbado

    Martha Argerich, piano

    2:06

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  • 6:36 AM

    Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    12:22

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  • 6:35 AM

    Jingle Bells

    James Pierpont

    Christmas Harp

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    1:08

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  • 6:28 AM

    Elf: Papa Elf

    John Debney

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    3:21

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  • 6:22 AM

    The Skaters Waltz

    Emil Waldteufel

    The Greatest Christmas Show on Earth

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Douglas Gamley, conductor

    6:06

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  • 6:15 AM

    The First Noel

    Traditional

    A String Quartet Christmas

    Arturo Delmoni, violin

    4:47

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  • 6:10 AM

    O Day Full of Grace

    Traditional Norwegian

    Everlasting God

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Craig Arnold, conductor

    3:52

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  • 6:07 AM

    In dulci jubilo

    Traditional German

    The Great British Carol Collection

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    3:19

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  • 6:06 AM

    Joy to the World

    Traditional

    A Festival Of Carols In Brass

    Philadelphia Brass Ensemble

    1:13

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  • 6:04 AM

    Gaudete (Rejoice!)

    Piae Cantiones

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Players

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    1:41

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  • 6:01 AM

    The Little Drummer Boy

    Katherine K. Davis

    Christmas With Thomas Hampson

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    Thomas Hampson, baritone

    2:49

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  • 5:58 AM

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

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    A New Baroque

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:10

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  • 5:55 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Essential Carols

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    David Willcocks, conductor

    Simon Preston, organ

    3:19

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  • 5:51 AM

    Quelle est cette odeur agreable?

    Traditional French

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    4:26

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  • 5:46 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

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  • 5:43 AM

    A Spotless Rose

    Herbert Howells

    Carols from New College, Oxford

    Choir of New College, Oxford

    Edward Higginbottom, conductor

    3:11

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  • 5:37 AM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Schubert

    Sacred Songs

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    Jessye Norman, soprano

    6:04

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  • 5:32 AM

    Concert Variations on "Adeste Fideles"

    Carlos Salzedo

    LULLABIES AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS

    Judy Loman, harp

    4:55

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  • 5:29 AM

    Ding Dong Merrily On High

    Traditional French

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    2:43

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  • 5:17 AM

    Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein Ros

    Johannes Brahms

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

    John Georgiadis, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    1:57

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  • 5:08 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

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  • 5:05 AM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    A Family Christmas

    Piano Guys

    3:11

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  • 5:01 AM

    All around the world, good tidings

    Traditional Ukrainian

    Ukrainian Christmas

    Lviv National Philharmonic

    Serhii Khorovets, conductor

    Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin

    3:08

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