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 dayThursday
Saturdaynext day
  • 4:25 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    John Field

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    Miceal O'Rourke, piano

    33:34
  • 4:18 AM

    Gymnopedie

    James Sutcliffe

    Music For Quiet Listening

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    4:11
  • 4:06 AM

    Arion

    Jean-Louis Blouin, viola

    12:13
  • 4:01 AM

    The Seawall Song

    Tamezo Narita

    Paillard Chamber Orchestra

    Jean-Francois Paillard, conductor

    4:33
  • 3:47 AM

    Carrot Revolution

    Gabriella Smith

    Aizuri Quartet

    11:15
  • 3:22 AM

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff

    Slovak Radio Orchestra

    Kirk Trevor, conductor

    Robert DeGaetano, piano

    23:50
  • 3:15 AM

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Erik Satie

    Twentieth Century Classics

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    4:43
  • 3:06 AM

    Umbrian Scene

    Ulysses Kay

    Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Arthur Fagen, conductor

    13:33
  • 3:01 AM

    Lachrimae Tristes

    John Dowland

    DOWLAND: Lachrimae, or seaven teares

    The Dowland Consort

    Jakob Lindberg, conductor

    4:46
  • 2:57 AM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 2:54 AM

    Reve d'amour

    Gabriel Faure

    Voice of Nature - The Anthropocene

    Renee Fleming, soprano

    2:29
  • 2:05 AM

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Opus 88

    Antonin Dvorak

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    36:00
  • 1:12 AM

    Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra

    Joseph Hayden

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    26:00
  • 1:02 AM

    Tromba Lontana (Fanfare for Houston)

    John Adams

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    Anthony Ross, cello

    4:00
  • 12:50 AM

    Dana Maiben, violin

    Robert Mealy, violin

    Jane Hershey, viola da gamba

    Peter Sykes, harpsichord

    Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord

    8:11
  • 12:24 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 1

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    MOZART: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Concerto for Flute and Harp

    Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    Patrick Gallois, flute

    24:19
  • 12:19 AM

    Adam Zero: Love Dance

    Arthur Bliss

    Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    3:18
  • 12:06 AM

    12 Contredanses

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Capella Istropolitana

    Oliver Dohnanyi, conductor

    12:37
  • 12:01 AM

    Hopkinson Smith, lute

    4:35
  • 11:45 PM

    Rondo Brilliant

    Felix Mendelssohn

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Lawrence Foster, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    10:45
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Tragic Overture

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    41:53
  • 10:56 PM

    Otche nash (Our Father)

    Nikolai Kedrov

    A New Joy: Orthodox Christmas

    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

    Paul Hillier, conductor

    2:56
  • 10:44 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi, Piazzolla: The Four Seasons

    Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra

    Eduardo Marturet, conductor

    Lara St. John, violin

    9:43
  • 10:41 PM

    Toccata No. 2

    George Antheil

    Horizons

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    2:21
  • 10:34 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    Kathryn Stott, piano

    5:48
  • 10:17 PM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn, Hummel, Etc.: Trumpet Concertos

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Alison Balsom, trumpet

    14:38
  • 9:36 PM

    String Sextet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: String Sextets, Opp. 18 & 36

    Isaac Stern, violin

    38:15
  • 9:29 PM

    Touch the Hand of Love

    Blossom Dearie

    Songs Of Joy And Peace

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:34
  • 9:22 PM

    Paganini Etude No. 3 "La Campanella"

    Franz Liszt

    Liszt: My Piano Hero

    Lang Lang, piano

    4:46
  • 9:13 PM

    Wedding Cake

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals

    I Musici Montreal

    Yuli Turovsky, conductor

    David Owen Norris, piano

    6:24
  • 8:45 PM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    20:17
  • 8:40 PM

    Vespers: Rejoice, O Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil

    Latvian Radio Choir

    Sigvards Klava, conductor

    3:04
  • 8:16 PM

    Fountains of Rome

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio, Fountains of Rome

    Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    17:13
  • 8:04 PM

    String Quartet No. 14 "Death and the Maiden": Presto

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Late Chamber Music

    Belcea Quartet

    9:11
  • 8:00 PM

    Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Escape Through Opera

    Gurzenich Orchestra

    John Pritchard, conductor

    Ileana Cotrubas, soprano

    2:30
  • 5:49 PM

    Violin Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    9:26
  • 5:18 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Concertos

    Camerata Ireland

    Barry Douglas, conductor

    Barry Douglas, piano

    28:51
  • 5:12 PM

    Suite on Chinese Folk Tunes II: Love Song

    Bao Yuan-kai

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:02
  • 5:06 PM

    Roses of Picardy

    Haydn Wood

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Ernest Tomlinson, conductor

    5:53
  • 5:01 PM

    Paris Quartet No. 6: Air and Rejouissance

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Barthold Kuijken, flute

    Sigiswald Kuijken, violin

    Wieland Kuijken, viola

    Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord

    4:38
  • 4:52 PM

    The Sorceress: Overture

    Ferdinand Ries

    Cologne Academy

    Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

    6:17
  • 4:44 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    8:00
  • 4:32 PM

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Roman Carnival Overture, Three Pieces from The Damnation of Faust

    Halle Orchestra

    John Barbirolli, conductor

    9:43
  • 4:23 PM

    String Quartet No. 3: Finale

    Robert Schumann

    Calidore String Quartet

    7:15
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Muzio Clementi

    Clementi, Vol. 1

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    16:46
  • 4:01 PM

    Light of a Clear Blue Morning

    Dolly Parton

    A Company Of Voices: Conspirare In Concert

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:31
  • 3:50 PM

    Variations Concertantes

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Antonio Meneses, cello

    Gerard Wyss, piano

    8:44
  • 3:28 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    20:05
  • 3:17 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 7

    Bruce Haynes

    Montreal Baroque Orchestra

    Eric Milnes, conductor

    8:16
  • 3:06 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "In the Spring": 4th movement

    John Knowles Paine

    Ulster Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    11:09
  • 3:01 PM

    Overture No. 5: Andante

    Carl Friedrich Abel

    Il Fondamento

    Paul Dombrecht, conductor

    4:44
  • 2:46 PM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Colin Davis, conductor

    10:07
  • 2:34 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 3: 3rd movement

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Montreal Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Dutoit, conductor

    Joshua Bell, violin

    10:52
  • 2:02 PM

    Polonaise No. 3 "Military"

    Frederic Chopin

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    4:53
  • 1:57 PM

    Zapateado

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Sarasate

    Julia Fischer, violin

    3:12
  • 1:51 PM

    The Forest Bird (L'Oiseau des bois)

    Franz Doppler

    Doppler: Music for Flutes and Piano

    Per Oien, flute

    5:14
  • 1:34 PM

    Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Complete Symphonies

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Andre Previn, conductor

    14:47
  • 1:22 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 3 (after Corelli)

    Francesco Geminiani

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    10:46
  • 1:17 PM

    Perpetual Motion Piece No. 3

    Francis Poulenc

    William Bennett, flute

    Simon Wynberg, guitar

    3:37
  • 1:11 PM

    Cherry Ripe

    Frank Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    3:14
  • 1:08 PM

    Meditation

    Florence Price

    Lara Downes, piano

    2:17
  • 1:05 PM

    Romeo and Juliet: Morning Dance

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    2:13
  • 12:57 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 7: 3rd mvt

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Ilya Yakushev. piano

    :00
  • 12:54 PM

    Tallgrass Prairie Waltz

    Steve Heitzeg

    Peter Ostrouchko, mandolin

    et al

    3:00
  • 12:44 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

    8:18
  • 12:37 PM

    Saul and David: Prelude to Act II

    Carl Nielsen

    Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    5:03
  • 12:28 PM

    Otello: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures, Vol. 2

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    7:59
  • 12:20 PM

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4: Scherzo

    Henry Litolff

    Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue; Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    7:03
  • 12:16 PM

    Cello Suite No. 3: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inspired by Bach

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:19
  • 12:07 PM

    Serenade No. 11: 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Serenades K.375 & 388

    Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

    7:33
  • 12:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 11:52 AM

    King Stephen: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:37
  • 11:48 AM

    Ricercar del sesto tuono

    Andrea Gabrieli

    American Brass Quintet

    2:44
  • 11:37 AM

    6 Early Netherlands Dances

    Julius Rontgen

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    David Porcelijn, conductor

    9:29
  • 11:32 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    3:49
  • 11:23 AM

    The Gordian Knot Untied

    Henry Purcell

    Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre

    Parley of Instruments

    Peter Holman, conductor

    7:40
  • 11:15 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 2nd movement

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Complete Symphonies

    Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra

    John Eliot Gardner, conductor

    6:56
  • 11:09 AM

    Slavonic Dance No. 2

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jiri Belohlavek, conductor

    4:53
  • 11:04 AM

    Die Zwillingsbruder: Overture

    Franz Schubert

    Prague Sinfonia

    Christian Benda, conductor

    3:54
  • 10:47 AM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

    11:04
  • 10:36 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Telemann: Wind Concertos Vol.3

    La Stagione

    Michael Schneider, conductor

    9:43
  • 10:30 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Dejan Ivanovic - Guitar Recital

    Dejan Ivanovic, guitar

    5:37
  • 10:28 AM

    Mr Ben Jonson's Pleasure

    Robin Milford

    Guildhall Strings

    1:53
  • 10:24 AM

    Rotten Row

    Angela Morley

    In London Town: A Musical Tour of the Historic Sights of London

    Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

    Iain Sutherland, conductor

    2:25
  • 10:13 AM

    A Children's Overture

    Roger Quilter

    BBC National Orchestra of Wales

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    10:50
  • 10:06 AM

    Pavane

    Gabriel Faure

    Faure, G.: Music for Cello and Piano

    Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson, cello

    5:41
  • 10:01 AM

    Moths and Butterflies and Wild Bears

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    4:33
  • 9:45 AM

    For Aaron

    Lukas Foss

    Boston Symphony Chamber Players

    13:43
  • 9:31 AM

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Modest Mussorgsky

    Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

    Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    12:50
  • 9:26 AM

    Philadelphia Gray's Quickstep

    Francis Johnson

    Symphony Orchestra of America

    Matthew H. Phillips, conductor

    2:05
  • 9:06 AM

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    19:34
  • 9:01 AM

    To Spring

    Chen Pei-xun

    Seow Yitkin Plays Popular Chinese Piano Pieces

    Yit Kin Seow, piano

    4:34
  • 8:28 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti" (The Prophets)

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    Perlman Collection, Vol. 11

    Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Zubin Mehta, conductor

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    30:17
  • 8:21 AM

    Serenade for Winds: Andante

    Julius Rontgen

    The Romantic Era in the Netherlands

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Two Nordic Melodies

    Edvard Grieg

    Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    13:02
  • 8:01 AM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 7:46 AM

    Concerto on Themes by Donizetti

    Antonio Pasculli

    Pasculli: Concerto on Themes from Donizetti's "La Favorita"

    Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe

    12:35
  • 7:40 AM

    Diferencias on O Gloriosa Domina

    Luis de Narvaez

    Frank Wallace, vihuela

    5:27
  • 7:11 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Heinz Fricke, conductor

    27:18
  • 7:06 AM

    Sekstur from Vensyssel/The Peat Dance

    Traditional

    Danish String Quartet

    3:57
  • 7:01 AM

    Bass Tuba Concerto: Romance

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    20th-Century Tuba Concertos

    Singapore Symphony Orchestra

    Anne Manson, conductor

    Oystein Baadsvik, tuba

    4:45
  • 6:39 AM

    The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe

    Nimrod Borenstein

    Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    19:42
  • 6:28 AM

    Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)

    Arvo Part

    Arvo Part: Alina

    Vladimir Spivakov, violin

    10:29
  • 6:07 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    19:30
  • 6:01 AM

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Wesendonk Songs): Traume (Dreams)

    Richard Wagner

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    4:49
  • 5:42 AM

    String Trio "Serenade"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    James Galway, flute

    Phillip Moll, piano

    16:28
  • 5:37 AM

    Cancao sertaneja (Song of the Farmlands)

    Camargo Guarnieri

    Essencia Do Brasil

    Brazilian Guitar Quartet

    4:25
  • 5:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 2

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

    Fine Arts Quartet

    28:39
  • 5:01 AM

    Erwin and Elmire: Entre acte

    Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

    Masters of the Goethe Era

    Staatskapelle Weimar

    Peter Gulke, conductor

    4:38