Poster Choral Stream
Curated Streams

Choral Stream

Inspirational Harmonies

Experience the power of voices coming together in harmony with YourClassical's Choral Stream. Enjoy choral music both sacred and secular performed by choirs from Minnesota and beyond.

On Air Now
Friday

Recent Stories

View all

Recent Stories

Listen to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' on Christmas Eve
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.’

59:00
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!

59:00
'Songs of Thanks' with Cantus

'Songs of Thanks' with Cantus

Join us for ‘Songs of Thanks,’ an innovative new production by Cantus presenting stories and songs celebrating gratitude and community. Listen now — and then tell us why you’re thankful so we can include your feedback in next year’s program.

59:00
Join us for Bring the Sing in Duluth on March 22

Join us for Bring the Sing in Duluth on March 22

Come join us for YourClassical MPR’s Bring the Sing, a community sing-along choral event in Duluth that brings people together in the Northland through the joy of music. This free event is open to people of all vocal abilities and will take place Saturday, March 22, at the College of St. Scholastica.

Minnesota composer grapples with tough topics, snares another Grammy nomination
Chia-Hsuan Lin, Ryan Deignan take the lead as Rochester orchestra, choir start new seasons
James Earl Jones lent his powerful voice to the world of classical music, too
59:23
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!

59:00
View all
  • 2:47 PM

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Brian Steele, baritone

    3:35
  • 2:44 PM

    Music of Living

    Dan Forrest

    Concert Recording

    Twin Ports Choral Project

    Bret Amundson, conductor

    2:58
  • 2:39 PM

    A Prayer

    Ken Burton

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Thomas Allen, countertenor

    5:14
  • 2:36 PM

    Hotaru Koi

    Ro Ogura

    A Global Palette

    World Voices

    Karle Erickson, conductor

    2:16
  • 2:33 PM

    Thy Holy Wings

    Traditional Swedish

    Advent Vespers

    Augsburg College Choir

    Peter Hendrickson, conductor

    3:04
  • 2:32 PM

    Ave Maria

    William Byrd

    Byrd: Motets

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    Stephen Cleobury, conductor

    1:34
  • 2:29 PM

    Aeterna lux, divinitas

    Abbie Betinis

    Sounds from Minnesota

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    1:46
  • 2:23 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
  • 2:20 PM

    Come and Let Us Worship

    Alexander Grechaninov

    Heritage Vol. 1

    National Lutheran Choir

    Larry L. Fleming, conductor

    2:53
  • 2:17 PM

    To God

    Dominick Argento

    Lux Aurumque

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:30
  • 2:08 PM

    soft blink of amber light

    Jocelyn Hagen

    soft blink of amber light

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    8:25
  • 2:05 PM

    Four Reveries: Remembrance

    William Hawley

    Concert Recording

    VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    2:58
  • 1:59 PM

    Ave Maria

    Franz Biebl

    Our Songs

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Rick Kvam, conductor

    6:43
  • 1:54 PM

    Loving-Kindness

    Stephen Paulus

    Serenade

    Turtle Creek Chorale

    Timothy Seelig, conductor

    4:08
  • 1:51 PM

    El Rorro (The Babe)

    Jeffrey Van

    Let the Heavens Rejoice!

    Bethel Choir

    3:03
  • 1:40 PM

    Evening Star

    Dale Warland

    Manifesto

    Cantus

    11:03
  • 1:36 PM

    O Holy Night

    Adolphe Adam

    Holiday Harmonies: Songs Of Christmas

    Essential Voices USA

    Judith Clurman, conductor

    Stacey Shames, harp

    3:41
  • 1:34 PM

    Blessed art thou

    Philip van Wilder

    Lobo Requiem, Van Wilder Motets

    Rose Ensemble

    2:20
  • 1:08 PM

    Snowbells

    Bent Sorensen

    Bent Sorensen: Snowbells

    Danish National Vocal Ensemble

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    26:05
  • 1:04 PM

    Canon

    Johann Pachelbel

    Into the Light

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Kaori Muraji, guitar

    3:38
  • 12:59 PM

    Stay With Us/Compline

    Egil Hovland

    Journey to Bethlehem

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    4:39
  • 12:54 PM

    From dewy dreams, my soul, arise

    Matthew Emery

    Chamber Music by James Joyce

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    4:42
  • 12:53 PM

    Tambourines to Glory

    Undine Smith Moore

    Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    1:03
  • 12:46 PM

    We Remember Them

    Susan LaBarr

    The Aeolians

    The Aeolians

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    7:09
  • 12:40 PM

    Motet: O Heiland reiss die Himmel auf (O Savior Throw the Heavens Wide)

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    6:07
  • 12:05 PM

    Magnificat

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Magnificat

    Dunedin Consort

    John Butt, conductor

    Julia Doyle, soprano

    34:25
  • 12:02 PM

    Six Songs: My Heart's Song

    Jean Sibelius

    .against the dying of the light

    Cantus

    3:06
  • 11:59 AM

    Spiritual Songs: Prayer

    Kenneth Jennings

    With a Voice of Singing

    Magnum Chorum

    Christopher Aspaas, conductor

    2:52
  • 11:55 AM

    Shall We Gather at the River

    Robert Lowry

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    Lynette Johnson, alto

    3:39
  • 11:53 AM

    Ubi Caritas

    Maurice Durufle

    The Bemidji Alumni Choir 2000

    Bemidji Alumni Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    2:35
  • 11:50 AM

    Sicut cervus (As the Hart Yearns)

    Giovanni Palestrina

    From Light to Light

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:04
  • 11:44 AM

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Gustav Holst

    Candlelight Carols: Music for Chorus and Harp

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    Jacqueline Kerrod, harp

    5:45
  • 11:09 AM

    Mass No. 9 "Missa Sancta Bernardi von Offida" (Heiligmesse)

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn: Masses

    Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart

    Helmuth Rilling, conductor

    Ruth Ziesak, soprano

    34:46
  • 11:05 AM

    Abendlied (Evening Song)

    Josef Rheinberger

    Evocations

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    3:46
  • 10:59 AM

    the Sweetheart of the Sun

    Eric William Barnum

    This Shining Night

    Choral Arts Ensemble

    Michael Culloton, conductor

    5:29
  • 10:50 AM

    The North Star Hit Parade

    Medley

    From the Land of Sky-Blue Waters

    VocalEssence

    Philip Brunelle, conductor

    9:12
  • 10:42 AM

    Maria Magdalene

    Francisco Guerrero

    Seasons of Angels: Harmony of the Spheres

    Rose Ensemble

    Jordan Sramek, conductor

    8:14
  • 10:40 AM

    Wondrous Love

    Traditional

    That Eternal Day

    Cantus

    1:46
  • 10:37 AM

    Angels We Have Heard on High

    Matthew Culloton

    Lessons and Carols: There is a Gift

    Master Singers

    Gary R. Schwartzhoff, conductor

    3:08
  • 10:27 AM

    The Stars Now Rearrange Themselves

    Thomas LaVoy

    A Scattered Light in Winter

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Elizaveta Smolyaninova, soprano

    4:59
  • 10:23 AM

    When the shy star goes forth in heaven

    Timothy Stephens

    Chamber Music by James Joyce

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    4:15
  • 10:17 AM

    Nunc dimittis

    Arvo Part

    Meditatio

    Schola Cantorum Reykjavik

    Hordur Askelsson, conductor

    Thelma Hronn Sigurdorsdottir, soprano

    5:54
  • 10:14 AM

    Bless the Lord, O My Soul

    Pavel Chesnokov

    Teach Me Thy Statutes

    PaTRAM Institute Male Choir

    Vladimir Gorbik, conductor

    3:02
  • 10:10 AM

    Creator of the Stars of Night

    William Ferris

    Snowcarols: Christmas Music by William Ferris

    William Ferris Chorale

    Paul French, conductor

    3:27
  • 10:04 AM

    Nox Aurumque

    Eric Whitacre

    Into the Night

    Vox Humana

    David N. Childs, conductor

    6:26
  • 10:01 AM

    I'll Fly Away

    Alfred E. Brumley

    Light in the Darkness

    Lumina Women's Ensemble

    2:50
  • 10:00 AM

    Old Irish Blessing

    Paul Brandvik

    European Souvenir

    Bemidji Choir

    Paul Brandvik, conductor

    1:13
  • 9:49 AM

    Creation/Creator: An Angel in the Marble

    Christopher Theofanidis

    Christopher Theofanidis: Creation/Creator

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    Jessica Rivera, soprano

    10:12
  • 9:46 AM

    My God Is So High (You Must Come in by the Lamb)

    Spiritual

    Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)

    Fisk Jubilee Singers

    3:08
  • 9:43 AM

    The Souls of the Righteous

    David Cherwien

    Eternity

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    3:16
  • 9:39 AM

    Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep

    Shruthi Rajasekar

    Concert Recording

    Vox Nova Chorale

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    4:13
  • 9:33 AM

    Red River Valley

    Americana

    Blue Wheat

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    5:22
  • 9:27 AM

    I'm Going Home/Keep Your Lamps

    Traditional

    Seoul Olympic Arts Festival Vol. II

    St. Olaf Choir

    Kenneth Jennings, conductor

    5:59
  • 9:23 AM

    if i sing (after psalm 101)

    David Lang

    sleeper's prayer: Choral Music from North America

    Choir of Merton College, Oxford

    Benjamin Nicholas, conductor

    3:44
  • 9:20 AM

    O Shepherds Leave Your Sheep

    Traditional

    MPR Taste Of The Holidays, Vol. 1

    Magnum Chorum

    3:12
  • 9:15 AM

    Gabriel Archangelus

    Philippe Verdelot

    Sing Thee Nowell

    New York Polyphony

    4:27
  • 9:10 AM

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

    Hugo Distler

    In the New Moon

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    5:26
  • 9:07 AM

    Darest, O Soul

    Mari Esabel Valverde

    COVID-19 Sessions

    Cantus

    3:02
  • 9:00 AM

    Dominus Vobiscum

    Sydney Guillaume

    This Is Why We Sing

    The Summer Singers

    Russell Adrian, conductor

    Taylor Quinn, baritone

    7:18
  • 8:55 AM

    The First Nowell

    Traditional

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    3:59
  • 8:50 AM

    There Is Sweet Music

    Edward Elgar

    There is Sweet Music

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    5:31
  • 8:47 AM

    How Can I Keep From Singing?

    Traditional

    At the River: American Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Hymns

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    3:06
  • 8:42 AM

    Bogoroditse Djevo (Rejoice, O Virgin Mary)

    Sergey Khvoshchinsky

    Fire of the Soul: Choral Virtuosity in 17th-Century Russia & Poland

    Rose Ensemble

    5:05
  • 8:37 AM

    Lux Aeterna: O Nata Lux

    Morten Lauridsen

    Silent Night

    Exultate

    Thomas D. Rossin, conductor

    4:17
  • 8:34 AM

    Beati quorum via integra est (Blessed are They)

    Charles Stanford

    Heritage Vol. 1

    National Lutheran Choir

    Larry L. Fleming, conductor

    3:47
  • 8:30 AM

    Praise to the Lord

    F. Melius Christiansen

    Go, Lovely Rose

    Luther College Nordic Choir

    Allen Hightower, conductor

    3:46
  • 8:24 AM

    He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

    Traditional

    Solace

    Jason Max Ferdinand Singers

    Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

    Leonard Brown, tenor

    4:48
  • 8:20 AM

    To a Young Child

    Dale Warland

    Concert Recording

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    4:22
  • 8:15 AM

    Sacred Heart (Ubi Caritas III)

    Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass

    Westminster Williamson Voices

    James Jordan, conductor

    Valissa Willwerth, violin

    5:05
  • 8:07 AM

    O Miracula

    Bonifazio Graziani

    Graziani: Adae Oratorium; Filli Prodigi Oratorium

    Consortium Carissimi

    Garrick Comeaux, conductor

    7:53
  • 8:03 AM

    Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers

    Timothy Takach

    Sing On

    Atlanta Master Chorale

    Eric Nelson, conductor

    4:30
  • 8:00 AM

    Look! Be: leap;

    Libby Larsen

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    2016-2017 MMEA All-State Women's Choir

    Sigrid Johnson, conductor

    2:50
  • 7:55 AM

    Clay Jug

    Edie Hill

    Edie Hill: Clay Jug

    The Crossing

    Donald Nally, conductor

    4:03
  • 7:52 AM

    O Jesulein suss (O little one sweet)

    Traditional

    A Child's Christmas In Bethlehem

    Bach Choir of Bethlehem

    Greg Funfgeld, conductor

    3:24
  • 7:49 AM

    There is Sweet Music Here

    Daniel Gawthrop

    While You Are Alive

    Cantus

    2:44
  • 7:45 AM

    Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart

    Anthony Maglione

    Grace Immaculate: Prayers and Love Songs

    University of Georgia Hodgson Singers

    Daniel Bara, conductor

    Rebecca Neal, flute

    3:59
  • 7:43 AM

    Die Blumelein sie schlafen

    Traditional

    My Spirit Sang All Day

    Kantorei

    Axel Theimer, conductor

    2:17
  • 7:36 AM

    Steal Away

    William Dawson

    The Spirituals of William Dawson

    St. Olaf Choir

    Anton Armstrong, conductor

    6:35
  • 7:32 AM

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Jaakko Mantyjarvi

    Mantyjarvi: Choral Music

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:47
  • 7:23 AM

    Four Christmas Carols

    Gordon Getty

    December Celebration

    New Century Chamber Orchestra

    Dawn Harms, conductor

    8:19
  • 7:19 AM

    The twilight turns from amethyst

    Ivo Antognini

    Chamber Music by James Joyce

    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

    Desmond Earley, conductor

    3:34
  • 7:13 AM

    Song for Athene

    John Tavener

    Echoes

    Concordia Choir of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota

    Rene Clausen, conductor

    6:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Magnificat

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Tintinnabuli

    Tallis Scholars

    Peter Phillips, conductor

    7:03
  • 7:05 AM

    Come Away to the Skies

    Traditional

    Pacem

    National Lutheran Choir

    Larry L. Fleming, conductor

    1:05
  • 7:00 AM

    Spirited Light

    Jake Runestad

    The Hope of Loving: Choral Music of Jake Runestad

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    Jason Awbrey, bass

    4:54
  • 6:54 AM

    Amor de mi Alma

    Z. Randall Stroope

    An Endless Summer

    The Summer Singers

    Vicki Peters, conductor

    5:27
  • 6:48 AM

    Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott

    Heinrich Schutz

    Schutz: Symphoniae Sacrae III, Op. 12

    Dresden Chamber Choir

    Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor

    6:13
  • 6:44 AM

    Peace on Earth

    Errollyn Wallen

    Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth

    Choir of King's College, Cambridge

    3:35
  • 6:39 AM

    Ave Maris Stella

    Trond Kverno

    Stars!

    Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota

    Garrett Lathe, conductor

    5:10
  • 6:34 AM

    If Music be the Food of Love

    David Dickau

    Forty and Fine

    Minnesota Boychoir

    Mark S. Johnson, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:32 AM

    I Will Come to You

    Michael Fairbairn

    Hummingbird

    North Dakota State University Concert Choir

    JoAnn Miller, conductor

    2:40
  • 6:24 AM

    Two Streams: Merciful Heart

    Daniel Knaggs

    Daniel Knaggs: Two Streams

    Houston Chamber Choir

    Robert Simpson, conductor

    7:19
  • 6:19 AM

    Vexilla Regis

    Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Motets

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    4:54
  • 6:15 AM

    Our Father

    Alexander Grechaninov

    introit

    Cantus

    4:18
  • 6:12 AM

    Before the Marvel of This Night

    Carl Schalk

    A Choral Christmas

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    Michael Kleinschmidt, organ

    2:36
  • 6:06 AM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Coventry Carol

    Exultate

    Thomas D. Rossin, conductor

    6:14
  • 6:00 AM

    From Light to Light: Water

    J. Aaron McDermid

    Endless Light

    Wartburg Choir

    Lee Nelson, conductor

    5:57