Poster YourClassical MPR Radio App Stream Tile
Curated Streams

YourClassical MPR

Where Classical Music Comes Alive

Build a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical music on YourClassical MPR. Listen to our live regional Minnesota Public Radio broadcast as our hosts take you through a classical music journey. Featuring music, commentary, interviews and more.

On Air Now
previous dayWednesday
Fridaynext day
  • 4:48 AM

    Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan

    Thomas Canning

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:39 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Portrait

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    8:23
  • 4:06 AM

    Enigma Variations

    Edward Elgar

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    31:24
  • 4:01 AM

    Pastoral

    David Guion

    Eugene Rowley, piano

    4:36
  • 3:51 AM

    North Atlantic

    Hilary Hahn/Hauschka

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    Volker Bertelmann, prepared piano

    6:46
  • 3:15 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Frederic Chopin

    Polish Festival Orchestra

    Krystian Zimerman, conductor

    Krystian Zimerman, piano

    35:40
  • 3:06 AM

    Italian Serenade

    Hugo Wolf

    Adagio for Strings

    Manhattan String Quartet

    6:38
  • 3:01 AM

    Jakob Lindberg, orpharion

    4:48
  • 2:52 AM

    Love Song "Pisen Lasky"

    Josef Suk

    Suk: Piano Works

    Margaret Fingerhut, piano

    6:17
  • 2:32 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, violin

    20:12
  • 2:23 AM

    Forgotten Fairy Tales

    Edward MacDowell

    James Barbagallo, piano

    6:47
  • 2:19 AM

    The Tale of Honza: Final Dance

    Oskar Nedbal

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    2:54
  • 2:07 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Arcangelo Corelli

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    11:40
  • 2:01 AM

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:40
  • 1:18 AM

    Symphony No. 10: Adagio

    Gustav Mahler

    The Romantic Age

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    22:48
  • 1:17 AM

    Variations on a Theme of Corelli

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    George Li, piano

    17:48
  • 1:09 AM

    Adagio

    Tomaso Albinoni

    Adagio - A Consideration Of A Serious Matter

    Ensemble Caprice

    Matthias Maute, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:06 AM

    Stuttgart Arcata Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Strub, conductor

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    2:33
  • 1:01 AM

    Maghera Mountain

    Martin Hayes

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:45
  • 12:44 AM

    Suite for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola

    Randall Thompson

    Kelly Peterson Peral, oboe

    Michael Forte, clarinet

    Elizabeth Derderian-Wood, viola

    14:42
  • 12:37 AM

    Vienna Mozart Ensemble

    Willi Boskovsky, conductor

    6:40
  • 12:11 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Dora Bright

    Bright & Gipps: Piano Concertos

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Peebles, conductor

    Samantha Ward, piano

    24:06
  • 12:06 AM

    Sinfonia "La Bergamasca"

    Lodovico Viadana

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:07
  • 12:01 AM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Frederic Chiu, piano

    4:41
  • 11:51 PM

    La Vida Breve: Interlude and Dance

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, La Vida Breve, Homenajas

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    6:59
  • 11:48 PM

    Fantastic Dances: Dance of Ecstasy

    Loris Tjeknavorian

    East Of Melancholy

    Tara Kamangar, piano

    2:40
  • 11:23 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Max Bruch

    Bruch, Lalo

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    Isaac Stern, violin

    23:46
  • 11:10 PM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    11:27
  • 11:06 PM

    Pelleas and Melisande: Intermezzo

    Jean Sibelius

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    2:51
  • 11:01 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:41
  • 10:47 PM

    Coincident Dances

    Jessie Montgomery

    Chicago Sinfonietta

    Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

    11:42
  • 10:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    John O'Conor, piano

    15:08
  • 10:22 PM

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Everybody's Mozart

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Karl Leister, clarinet

    7:45
  • 10:12 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: 6 Concerti Grossi Op 3

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:42
  • 10:06 PM

    Sunflower Polka-Mazurka (Sonnenblume)

    Johann StraussJr.

    J. Strauss, Jr. Edition: Vol. 37

    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Pollack, conductor

    5:43
  • 10:01 PM

    In The Bottoms Suite: Barcarolle

    Nathaniel Dett

    Clipper Erickson, piano

    4:48
  • 9:52 PM

    Danzon Cubano

    Aaron Copland

    Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    6:31
  • 9:48 PM

    Haitian Suite: Yanvalou

    Frantz Casseus

    Diana Golden, cello

    Shawn Chang, piano

    2:53
  • 9:27 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky

    Russian Federal Orchestra

    Vakhtang Jordania, conductor

    Dong-oo Lee, cello

    19:12
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony No. 9

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    12:11
  • 9:11 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:15
  • 9:06 PM

    Serenade for Strings: 5th movement

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Dohnanyi: String Quartet, Serenade, and Sextet

    Nash Ensemble

    4:01
  • 9:03 PM

    Trumpet Tune

    Henry Purcell

    Laird Brass Ensemble

    Peter Hurford, organ

    2:36
  • 8:45 PM

    Tragic Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    12:54
  • 8:40 PM

    Suite No. 1

    Francois Chauvon

    Washington McClain, oboe

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Julia Wedman, violin

    Michael McCraw, bassoon

    Charlotte Nediger, harpsichord

    4:40
  • 8:17 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 10

    Luigi Boccherini

    Dolce Duello

    Cappella Gabetta

    Andres Gabetta, conductor

    Sol Gabetta, cello

    22:07
  • 8:14 PM

    Joropo (Venezuelan Dance)

    Moises Moleiro

    Gabriela Montero, piano

    3:05
  • 8:07 PM

    Sylvana: Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    5:30
  • 8:01 PM

    Divertissement: 2nd movement

    Emile Bernard

    Sylvan Winds

    4:40
  • 7:33 PM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Victor Herbert

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Mark Kosower, cello

    25:22
  • 5:45 PM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:55
  • 5:35 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 11

    Arcangelo Corelli

    I Solisti Italiani

    8:35
  • 5:28 PM

    Alfonsina y el Mar (Alfonsina and the Sea)

    Ariel Ramirez

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    5:56
  • 5:06 PM

    Symphonic Metamorphosis

    Paul Hindemith

    Hindemith: Violinkonzert - Symphonic Metamorphosis - Konzertmusik, Op. 50

    North German Radio Symphony

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    20:32
  • 5:01 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Yundi Li: Liszt

    Yundi Li, piano

    4:39
  • 4:48 PM

    The Happy Forest

    Arnold Bax

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    10:14
  • 4:44 PM

    Dream Variation

    Margaret Bonds

    Lara Downes, piano

    Rhiannon Giddens, vocals

    2:32
  • 4:22 PM

    Fantasy for a Gentleman

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre & Concierto de Aranjuez

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    21:39
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony breve

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    14:00
  • 4:01 PM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Joyce Yang, piano

    4:39
  • 3:50 PM

    Blades of Grass

    Romeo Cascarino

    Orchestra 2001

    James Freeman, conductor

    Dorothy Freeman, English horn

    8:41
  • 3:16 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Symphonies No 4 & 5

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    32:32
  • 3:06 PM

    La Stravaganza: Violin Concerto No. 3

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Monica Huggett, violin

    8:35
  • 3:01 PM

    Things to Come: March

    Arthur Bliss

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    3:38
  • 2:50 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    8:01
  • 2:49 PM

    Clarinet Quintet: 4th movement

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hawthorne String Quartet

    Harold Wright, clarinet

    8:01
  • 2:24 PM

    Symphony No. 96 "Miracle"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    24:22
  • 2:10 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 2nd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Minnesota Orchestra At One Hundred

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    12:42
  • 2:03 PM

    Cantata No. 49: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Berlin Baroque Soloists

    Rainer Kussmaul, conductor

    Raphael Alpermann, organ

    6:00
  • 1:59 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Fantasies for Bassoon

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    2:56
  • 1:44 PM

    Fantasy on French Folk Themes

    Vincent d'Indy

    Wurttemberg Philharmonic

    Jean-Marc Burfin, conductor

    Philippe Cousu, oboe

    13:38
  • 1:35 PM

    Symphony No. 1

    William Boyce

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    7:17
  • 1:30 PM

    Molly on the Shore

    Percy Grainger

    Pops Britannia

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:23
  • 1:22 PM

    Mephisto Polka

    Franz Liszt

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    6:52
  • 1:16 PM

    Octet: Scherzo

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    4:06
  • 1:08 PM

    Conga del Fuego

    Arturo Marquez

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:04 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 11

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Rafael Kubelik, conductor

    3:15
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:48 PM

    Blue Skies

    Irving Berlin

    Jenny Lin, piano

    1:21
  • 12:37 PM

    Spanish Overture No. 2 "Summer Night in Madrid"

    Mikhail Glinka

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

    8:58
  • 12:31 PM

    Oriental Dance

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:53
  • 12:22 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Bernard Haitink, conductor

    7:43
  • 12:14 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 1

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    I Musici

    William Bennett, flute

    Lenore Smith, flute

    6:23
  • 12:09 PM

    Ragtime Oriole

    James Scott

    Richard Dowling, piano

    3:40
  • 12:04 PM

    The Entertainer

    Scott Joplin

    Scott Joplin: The Red Back Book

    New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

    4:16
  • 11:49 AM

    In Ireland Fantasy

    Hamilton Harty

    Harty: John Field; Water Music Suites

    Ulster Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    9:13
  • 11:43 AM

    12 German Dances for Orchestra: Nos. 9-11

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Complete Overtures

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:24
  • 11:33 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn Octet

    Sejong Soloists

    Gil Shaham, violin

    8:13
  • 11:29 AM

    Flower Drum

    Qu Wei

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    3:01
  • 11:20 AM

    Four South African Folktunes

    Traditional

    National Symphony Orchestra of the S.A.B.C.

    Peter Marchbank, conductor

    7:42
  • 11:17 AM

    Dolly Suite: Berceuse

    Gabriel Faure

    Silence Wakes My Song

    Julia Shaw, harp

    2:49
  • 11:09 AM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures Vol 2 / Benda, Prague Sinfonia

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    6:02
  • 11:04 AM

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

    Andras Schiff, piano

    4:39
  • 10:51 AM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    7:41
  • 10:45 AM

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Elena Kats-Chernin

    Erica Ramallo Lucini, violin

    Marian Herrero, viola

    Simon Veis, cello

    Daniel Del Pino, piano

    3:53
  • 10:32 AM

    Suite for Strings

    John Rutter

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    12:23
  • 10:25 AM

    Serenade No. 10 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marlboro Wind Ensemble

    6:35
  • 10:14 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon

    Antonio Vivaldi

    City of London Sinfonia

    Nicholas Kraemer, conductor

    9:20
  • 10:06 AM

    Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Bolero, La Valse, Alborada

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    7:27
  • 10:01 AM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: 6th movement

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonnerie

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    4:34
  • 9:45 AM

    Suite No. 7

    Kurt Atterberg

    ATTERBERG: Sinfonia for Strings

    Camerata Nordica

    Ulf Wallin, conductor

    13:13
  • 9:18 AM

    Suite Concertino

    Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    WOLF-FERRARI, E.: Wind Concertinos

    Rome Symphony Orchestra

    Francesco La Vecchia, conductor

    Giuseppe Ciabocchi, bassoon

    25:16
  • 9:11 AM

    Sea Sketches: Calm Sea in Summer

    Grace Williams

    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

    Roy Goodman, conductor

    6:06
  • 9:06 AM

    Xerxes: Largo

    George Frideric Handel

    Ombra Mai Fu; Pachelbel: Canon

    I Solisti Italiani

    3:32
  • 9:01 AM

    Second Suite: Intermezzo

    Charles-Edouard Lefebvre

    Sylvan Winds

    Nicholas Gallas, clarinet

    4:30
  • 8:40 AM

    Elegy for Violin and Strings

    Keith Jarrett

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    Eleonora Turovsky, violin

    18:26
  • 8:35 AM

    Prelude and Fugue No. 5

    Dmitri Shostakovich

    Keith Jarrett, piano

    4:05
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    27:15
  • 8:01 AM

    Twelve Studies: For trills and tremolos

    York Bowen

    Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen, Studies for piano Op.46

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    4:29
  • 7:55 AM

    Toccata

    Paul Ben-Haim

    Paul Ben-Haim: Evocation

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Philippe Bach, conductor

    Itamar Zorman, violin

    3:21
  • 7:37 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    JS Bach: 6 Violin Sonatas

    Monica Huggett, violin

    17:13
  • 7:06 AM

    Symphony No. 3

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    29:20
  • 7:01 AM

    Birds of Spring (Pajaros de primavera)

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Angel Romero, guitar

    4:44
  • 6:34 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, R.: Oboe Concerto in D Major / Martinu, B.: Oboe Concerto / Francaix, J.: L'Horloge De Flore

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    Gregor Zubicky, oboe

    24:27
  • 6:31 AM

    Five Melodies: No. 2

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    Li Jian, piano

    2:24
  • 6:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 23 "Prussian"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amadeus Quartet

    23:01
  • 6:01 AM

    In the Mists: No. 1

    Leos Janacek

    Water

    Helene Grimaud, piano

    4:35
  • 5:54 AM

    Chen Yi, violin

    Lars Hannibal, guitar

    3:48
  • 5:22 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    Ferdinand Ries

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    32:36
  • 5:17 AM

    Four Motets: Help us, O Lord

    Aaron Copland

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    2:57
  • 5:01 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete Pianoforte & Violin Sonatas

    Jorja Fleezanis, violin

    4:51