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
Thursdaynext day
  • 4:56 AM

    And all the stars looked down

    Adam Bullard

    The Sixteen

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    2:29
  • 4:23 AM

    Harmonium

    John Adams

    San Francisco Symphony

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    32:14
  • 4:06 AM

    Cosmos Trio

    14:06
  • 4:01 AM

    Chorale for Nanine with Birds (Hommage a Messiaen)

    Gerald Levinson

    Marcantonio Barone, piano

    4:35
  • 3:45 AM

    Theme and Variations on "Draw the Sacred Circle Closer"

    Adolphus Hailstork

    Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, cello

    12:42
  • 3:21 AM

    Viola Concerto

    Jennifer Higdon

    Nashville Symphony Orchestra

    Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

    Roberto Diaz, viola

    21:44
  • 3:15 AM

    Cembal D'Amore (Second Book): Air

    Poul Ruders

    Poul Ruders Edition, Vol. 15

    Quattro Mani

    3:48
  • 3:09 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "Landscapes": Scenes from a Dark Wood

    Gregory J. Harris

    Sirius String Quartet

    4:45
  • 3:06 AM

    Light Ascending

    Luke Howard

    The Sand That Ate The Sea

    Shards

    2:46
  • 3:01 AM

    The Fountain: Together We Will Live Forever

    Clint Mansell

    Feico Solo

    Feico Deutekom, piano

    4:33
  • 2:45 AM

    Rhapsody in Blue

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto in F, An American in Paris

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    Andre Previn, piano

    13:58
  • 2:32 AM

    Kassia Ensemble

    Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

    10:47
  • 2:21 AM

    Evocations: La Ville rose (The pink city)

    Albert Roussel

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    9:49
  • 2:06 AM

    Six Promenades

    Edward Elgar

    Athena Ensemble

    14:03
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "In the Forest": 3rd movement

    Joachim Raff

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Urs Schneider, conductor

    4:46
  • 1:44 AM

    Plow That Broke the Plains Suite

    Virgil Thomson

    Symphony of the Air

    Leopold Stokowski, conductor

    13:58
  • 1:21 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Claus Peter Flor, conductor

    Sergei Edelmann, piano

    21:47
  • 1:18 AM

    Seven Desires: 2

    Tan Dun

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    1:09
  • 1:06 AM

    Camerata Bern

    Thomas Furi, conductor

    11:24
  • 1:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 12:47 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    11:43
  • 12:29 AM

    In the Tatra Mountains

    Vitezslav Novak

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    16:20
  • 12:26 AM

    Concert Study No. 1

    York Bowen

    Nicolas Namoradze, piano

    1:35
  • 12:07 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Camille Saint-Saens

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

    Steven Isserlis, cello

    18:41
  • 12:01 AM

    Blacksmith's Tune

    Bengt Hallberg

    Scandinavian Brass Ensemble

    Jorma Panula, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:47 PM

    Symphony No. 7: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Symphony No. 7

    West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    7:02
  • 11:38 PM

    Pulcinella Suite

    Igor Stravinsky

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    20:36
  • 11:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 20: 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Manchester Camerata

    Gabor Takacs-Nagy, conductor

    Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano

    7:40
  • 11:25 PM

    Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

    Richard Strauss

    Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Fritz Reiner, conductor

    8:38
  • 11:11 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:05
  • 11:00 PM

    Symphonic Dance No. 3

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    5:48
  • 10:46 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    8:12
  • 10:38 PM

    Fidelio Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    6:41
  • 10:28 PM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Adagio

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    Karlheinz Zoeller, flute

    6:45
  • 10:13 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Un Sospiro" (A Sigh)

    Franz Liszt

    Susann McDonald, harp

    5:34
  • 10:05 PM

    March of the Little Lead Soldiers

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    3:01
  • 9:53 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    5:56
  • 9:45 PM

    Etude No. 4

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:05
  • 9:41 PM

    Etude No. 3 "Tristesse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Etudes

    Louis Lortie, piano

    4:30
  • 9:30 PM

    The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe): Vilja-Lied

    Franz Lehar

    Renee Fleming: The Beautiful Voice

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Tate, conductor

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    5:56
  • 9:23 PM

    Lyric for Strings

    George Walker

    Live in Concert

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    5:33
  • 9:10 PM

    Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremburg): Prelude to Act I

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Favorites

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:03 PM

    Rondeau

    Jean-Joseph Mouret

    Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel's Garden

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Anthony Newman, conductor

    Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

    2:02
  • 8:51 PM

    Jean de Paris: Overture

    Francois Boieldieu

    Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Piano Concerto; Six Overtures

    Swiss Italian Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    7:50
  • 8:42 PM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Song

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha OVerture / Petite Suite

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    4:07
  • 8:32 PM

    Violin Partita No. 2: Sarabande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    4:30
  • 8:12 PM

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    15:52
  • 8:00 PM

    Scherzo on Tropical Airs

    Santos Cifuentes

    Inca Trail Connections

    Norwegian Radio Orchestra

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor

    6:48
  • 5:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    15:28
  • 5:42 PM

    Dowland's Galliard

    John Dowland

    Lute Music of Dowland

    Ronn McFarlane, lute

    :47
  • 5:28 PM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

    Isaac Stern, conductor

    12:30
  • 5:20 PM

    Swan Lake: Pas de trois

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Highlights

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    6:55
  • 5:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sharon Isbin box set

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    Sharon Isbin, guitar

    13:37
  • 5:01 PM

    Fantasy

    Malcolm Arnold

    Legacy: A Tribute to Dennis Brain

    Ben Goldscheider, horn

    4:43
  • 4:50 PM

    Esther: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    8:16
  • 4:49 PM

    Prelude No. 26

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Complete Preludes; 2 Nocturnes Op. 62

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    :49
  • 4:39 PM

    Gymnopedies

    Erik Satie

    Miki Aoki, piano

    9:44
  • 4:18 PM

    String Quartet No. 64

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Cleveland Quartet

    19:08
  • 4:15 PM

    Shepherd's Hey

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    2:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Jet Set! Classical Glitterati

    New Dutch Academy

    Simon Murphy, conductor

    8:27
  • 4:01 PM

    Clarinet Quartet No. 2: Pastorale

    Bernhard Crusell

    Osmo Vanska, clarinet

    Pekka Kaupinnen, violin

    Anu Airas, viola

    Ilkka Palli, cello

    4:48
  • 3:47 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    11:48
  • 3:25 PM

    Sonata for Piano Duet and String Quartet

    Jerome Moross

    Texas Festival Chamber Ensemble

    20:01
  • 3:17 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 3rd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    7:38
  • 3:06 PM

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    9:02
  • 3:01 PM

    Dance of the Orange Blossoms

    Eric Coates

    East of England Orchestra

    Malcolm Nabarro, conductor

    4:32
  • 2:51 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    New Zealand Chamber Orchestra

    Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:46 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movement

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Piano Concertos

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:49
  • 2:33 PM

    Overture No. 2

    Louise Farrenc

    European Soloists, Luxembourg

    Christoph Konig, conductor

    7:07
  • 2:15 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 2

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: The Horn Concertos

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    13:24
  • 2:01 PM

    Eugene Onegin: Waltz

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Eugene Ormandy, conductor

    6:41
  • 1:50 PM

    Danse Macabre

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Infernal Violins

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    6:55
  • 1:43 PM

    The Valkyrie: Magic Fire Music

    Richard Wagner

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:29 PM

    Swedish Dances

    Max Bruch

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:50
  • 1:19 PM

    Peer Gynt: Arabian Dance

    Edvard Grieg

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    4:51
  • 1:13 PM

    Organ Concerto No. 5: Presto

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    Richard Egarr, organ

    2:02
  • 1:04 PM

    Saturday Night at the Firehouse

    Henry Cowell

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

    Lukas Foss, conductor

    5:05
  • 12:50 PM

    Piano Concerto: 3rd movement

    Leroy Anderson

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:00
  • 12:32 PM

    Symphony No. 9 "Great": 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert, Strauss

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Thomas Schippers, conductor

    12:03
  • 12:11 PM

    Slavonic Dance No. 6

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak Symphony No. 2, Slavonic Dances

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:22
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    2:09
  • 11:58 AM

    Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    2:00
  • 11:44 AM

    Hardanger Fiddle Concerto No. 2 "Three Fjords": 3rd movement

    Geirr Tveitt

    Geirr Tveitt: Piano Sonata No. 29; Concerto No. 2 for Hardanger Fiddle

    Bergen Symphony Orchestra

    Karsten Andersen, conductor

    Sigbjorn Bernhoft Osa, fiddle

    9:23
  • 11:32 AM

    Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's Rigoletto

    Franz & Karl Doppler

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:53
  • 11:29 AM

    Carmen: Prelude

    Georges Bizet

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Georg Solti, conductor

    2:16
  • 11:25 AM

    Song: Spring

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes and 6 Polish Songs

    Luiza Borac, piano

    2:48
  • 11:14 AM

    Seven Irish Tunes: Suite for Small Orchestra

    William Alwyn

    Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    8:48
  • 11:08 AM

    Symphony No. 8: 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    4:44
  • 11:04 AM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    2:37
  • 10:51 AM

    Beatrice and Benedict: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: 5 Overtures

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Alexander Gibson, conductor

    7:40
  • 10:48 AM

    Roma Suite: A Roma Dance

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:03
  • 10:43 AM

    Trumpet Voluntary

    John Stanley

    London Brass

    3:35
  • 10:38 AM

    Symphony No. 99: 3rd movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:34
  • 10:35 AM

    Highland Fancy

    Marcus Dods

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    John Wilson, conductor

    Alaster Bentley, oboe

    3:12
  • 10:19 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Alfred Schnittke

    Moscow Virtuosi

    Vladimir Spivakov, conductor

    15:26
  • 10:11 AM

    Folk Suite No. 4

    William Grant Still

    Calico Winds

    5:28
  • 10:06 AM

    Cosi fan tutte: Overture

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Overtures

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Hans Vonk, conductor

    4:48
  • 10:01 AM

    Clarinet Trio: 3rd movement

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Chamber Music

    Ensemble Nino Rota

    4:41
  • 9:37 AM

    Symphonic Suite

    Leevi Madetoja

    Music by Leevi Madetoja & Tauno Pylkkanen

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor

    21:37
  • 9:26 AM

    Sonorous Table Suite (Mensa sonora): Part 6

    Heinrich Biber

    Baroque Band

    Garry Clarke, conductor

    9:22
  • 9:21 AM

    Young Soldier's Joy

    Qi-Ming Lu

    Shanghai Quartet

    2:54
  • 9:07 AM

    Disguises: M.A.s.q.u.e.

    Jon Lord

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Mann, conductor

    14:17
  • 9:01 AM

    Total Tango

    David Matthews

    Orchestra Nova

    George Vass, conductor

    4:40
  • 8:40 AM

    Partita No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Partitas

    Sergey Schepkin, piano

    18:03
  • 8:35 AM

    Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout: Coquetos

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Sphinx Virtuosi

    Damon Gupton, conductor

    3:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Symphony No. 5 "Reformation"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    28:08
  • 8:01 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Jubilee March

    Erkki Melartin

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:32
  • 7:41 AM

    Partita for Strings

    Gideon Klein

    Bartok, Martinu, Klein

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    17:08
  • 7:37 AM

    Agua e Vinho (Water and Wine)

    Egberto Gismonti

    Tanguero: Music from South America

    Christoph Denoth, guitar

    4:04
  • 7:32 AM

    John Henry: Railroad Ballad

    Aaron Copland

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    3:39
  • 7:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    24:34
  • 7:01 AM

    The Last Emperor: Theme

    Ryuichi Sakamoto

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:58
  • 6:14 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Jean Sibelius

    SIBELIUS, J.: Symphony No. 2 / Karelia Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Pietari Inkinen, conductor

    43:53
  • 6:06 AM

    Sibylla Cumaea

    Lucia Contini Anselmi

    Adalberto Maria Riva, piano

    6:52
  • 6:01 AM

    Good Night and Good Rest

    John Johnson

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:42
  • 5:30 AM

    String Quartet No. 5

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets

    Alban Berg Quartet

    27:43
  • 5:22 AM

    For Mattia

    Douwe Eisenga

    Beyond the Horizon: New Music for Lever Harp

    Lauren Scott, harp

    7:59
  • 5:06 AM

    The Lark Ascending

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    Hagai Shaham, violin

    14:16
  • 5:01 AM

    In Delius' Sleep

    Harold Budd

    Zeitgeist

    Harold Budd, piano

    Bob Samarotto, clarinet

    4:40