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
  • 5:33 AM

    Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin

    Max Reger

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    24:57
  • 5:17 AM

    A Song of Agincourt

    Charles Stanford

    Ulster Orchestra

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    15:39
  • 5:06 AM

    Il Cimento: Violin Concerto No. 5 "La tempesta di Mare" ("Storm at Sea")

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    9:09
  • 5:01 AM

    Lament

    Frank Bridge

    Finzi; Parry; Bridge

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:37 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 4:22 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 16

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

    12:38
  • 4:22 AM

    The Tender Land Suite

    Aaron Copland

    Phoenix Symphony

    James Sedares, conductor

    21:21
  • 4:09 AM

    Chloe Dufossez, flute

    Eloi Huscenot, English horn

    Leonard Becker, guitar

    11:40
  • 4:06 AM

    Hymn to the Eternal Flame

    Stephen Paulus

    The Singers

    Matthew Culloton, conductor

    2:34
  • 4:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 11 "Serioso": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:45
  • 3:48 AM

    Africa Fantasie

    Camille Saint-Saens

    Saint-Saens: Complete Piano Concertos

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    Stephen Hough, piano

    9:35
  • 3:25 AM

    Suite for Viola da gamba and Strings

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba

    21:15
  • 3:17 AM

    Distant Land

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    6:09
  • 3:06 AM

    Scherzo No. 1

    Frederic Chopin

    Simon Trpceski, piano

    10:54
  • 3:01 AM

    Scarborough Fair

    Traditional English

    Claire Jones: Royal Harp Strings

    London Mozart Players

    Stuart Morley, conductor

    Claire Jones, harp

    4:49
  • 12:49 AM

    Sleeping Beauty: Introduction and March

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    7:53
  • 12:46 AM

    Serenade

    Cecile Chaminade

    Piano Music by Cecile Chaminade

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:18
  • 12:26 AM

    Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

    Hans-Peter Frank, conductor

    18:42
  • 12:15 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer": 3rd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ying String Quartet

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    8:22
  • 12:06 AM

    Trumpet Concerto

    Tomaso Albinoni

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    9:20
  • 12:01 AM

    Concerto for Viola and Orchestra: Finale

    Carl Stamitz

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    Wolfram Christ, viola

    4:34
  • 11:42 PM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    15:41
  • 11:33 PM

    Three Preludes

    George Gershwin

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    8:00
  • 11:24 PM

    Symphony No. 5: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    7:07
  • 11:11 PM

    Miniatures

    William Grant Still

    Vintage America

    Calico Winds

    12:22
  • 11:06 PM

    Soldier's Farewell

    Charles Fernandez

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Fernandez, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:01 PM

    Symphony No. 93: Finale

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93, 95 & 97

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:48 PM

    Six Italian Dance Tunes

    Peter Warlock

    London Festival Orchestra

    Ross Pople, conductor

    10:39
  • 10:45 PM

    Etude No. 10

    Frederic Chopin

    Louis Lortie, piano

    2:05
  • 10:27 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Paris"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    16:42
  • 10:21 PM

    Agony: Tango

    Alfred Schnittke

    Cello Unlimited

    Kian Soltani, cello

    4:09
  • 10:11 PM

    Il Convegno (The Meeting)

    Amilcare Ponchielli

    The Clarinotts

    Wiener Virtuosen

    9:48
  • 10:06 PM

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake)

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Essential Yo-Yo Ma

    Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

    Ton Koopman, conductor

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    3:49
  • 10:03 PM

    Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): Act II Prelude

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Orchestra of La Scala, Milan

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    2:39
  • 9:43 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 9

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bernard Roberts, piano

    14:01
  • 9:40 PM

    Die Vogelhochzeit (The Bird's Wedding)

    Traditional German

    Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection

    Chanticleer

    3:01
  • 9:14 PM

    Guitar Quintet

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Guitar Quintet / Fantasia / Ecloghe

    Louis Vandory, violin

    24:50
  • 9:09 PM

    Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

    Joan Tower

    Colorado Symphony Orchestra

    Marin Alsop, conductor

    2:33
  • 9:06 PM

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Aaron Copland

    Copland 100

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Eiji Oue, conductor

    3:31
  • 9:01 PM

    Les Huguenots: Gypsy Dance

    Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Meyerbeer: Ballet Music From The Operas / Nesterowicz

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

    4:40
  • 6:49 PM

    Keyboard Suite No. 12

    George Frideric Handel

    Sviatoslav Richter, piano

    9:21
  • 6:23 PM

    Symphony No. 82 "The Bear"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    24:18
  • 6:14 PM

    Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    6:47
  • 6:06 PM

    World War I

    Morton Gould

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    7:50
  • 6:01 PM

    Nonetto: 4th movement

    Bohuslav Martinu

    Martinu: Chamber Music

    Lahti Chamber Ensemble

    4:48
  • 5:45 PM

    Double Keyboard Concerto

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    David Fray, conductor

    David Fray, piano

    Emmanuel Christien, piano

    13:13
  • 5:34 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Polish": Finale

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gilbert Levine, conductor

    9:06
  • 5:16 PM

    Sonata No. 6

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    (Selected members), conductor

    16:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Sinfonia No. 3

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Complete String Symphonies

    Gli Incogniti

    Amandine Beyer, conductor

    10:00
  • 5:01 PM

    The Honeysuckle; The Fairy Round; The Night Watch

    Anthony Holborne

    Jakob Lindberg, lute

    4:45
  • 4:48 PM

    Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Tsar Saltan Suite etc.

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    10:39
  • 4:33 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 3

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Seong-Jin Cho, piano

    13:35
  • 4:20 PM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    12:25
  • 4:10 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Three Airs

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    7:54
  • 4:06 PM

    Glory: Brave Words, Braver Deeds

    James Horner

    Studio Orchestra

    James Horner, conductor

    3:07
  • 4:01 PM

    American Suite: 2nd movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Libor Pesek, conductor

    4:38
  • 3:45 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 7

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos 5-8

    Guildhall Strings

    Paul Nicholson, harpsichord

    13:21
  • 3:28 PM

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    THE BRITISH PROJECT

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, conductor

    15:18
  • 3:23 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

    Didier Osindero, violin

    Alinka Rowe, viola

    Yong Jun Lee, cello

    3:26
  • 3:18 PM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Orchestral Works

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Klaus Tennstedt, conductor

    4:46
  • 3:05 PM

    Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise

    Frederic Chopin

    Trifonov plays Chopin

    Daniil Trifonov, piano

    12:07
  • 3:01 PM

    Time For Three

    Rob Moose, violin

    3:30
  • 2:52 PM

    Adagio for Strings

    Samuel Barber

    Emerson String Quartet

    6:53
  • 2:49 PM

    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Arlington Cemetery

    Bernard Herrmann

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Tony Bremner, conductor

    :00
  • 2:43 PM

    Symphony No. 3: 4th movement

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    5:04
  • 2:39 PM

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel

    Mad About Baroque

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    2:57
  • 2:37 PM

    Classics of the Contemporary Drama: The Idiot

    National Lampoon Radio Hour

    :00
  • 2:31 PM

    Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Overtures

    German Chamber Philharmonic

    Daniel Harding, conductor

    4:37
  • 2:21 PM

    Trumpet Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Infalice, Trompeten-Ouverture

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    9:05
  • 2:18 PM

    From Jewish Life: Jewish Song

    Ernest Bloch

    Songs of Comfort and Hope

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    2:14
  • 2:08 PM

    Concerto for Two Oboes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerti Virtuosi

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    6:04
  • 2:04 PM

    Semper Fidelis

    John Philip Sousa

    SOUSA, J.P.: Music for Wind Band, Vol. 3

    Royal Artillery Band

    Keith Brion, conductor

    2:53
  • 1:53 PM

    Salut d'amour (Love's Greeting)

    Edward Elgar

    Heartbreak

    Elissa Lee Koljonen, violin

    2:53
  • 1:44 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:11
  • 1:40 PM

    Children's Circus: Little March

    Jan Koetsier

    Clowning Around

    London Brass

    2:45
  • 1:33 PM

    Flute Concerto: 3rd movement

    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach Concertos

    Lyra Baroque Orchestra

    Jacques Ogg, conductor

    Wilbert Hazelzet, flute

    6:14
  • 1:29 PM

    Our Town: The Story of Our Town

    Aaron Copland

    James Tocco, piano

    2:27
  • 1:18 PM

    Federal Overture

    Benjamin Carr

    Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    10:10
  • 1:15 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical": 3rd movement

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Brodsky Unlimited

    Brodsky Quartet

    1:37
  • 1:08 PM

    Symphony No. 3

    William Boyce

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    5:21
  • 1:04 PM

    Victory At Sea: Guadalcanal March

    Richard Rodgers

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    3:10
  • 12:55 PM

    Little Women: Main Title

    Alexandre Desplat

    Studio Orchestra

    Alexandre Desplat, conductor

    3:12
  • 12:47 PM

    Serenade for Winds: Scherzo

    Julius Rontgen

    Viotta Ensemble

    6:40
  • 12:39 PM

    Cringlemire Garden

    Ruth Gipps

    British Music for Strings, Vol. 3

    South German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim

    Douglas Bostock, conductor

    6:19
  • 12:33 PM

    The Immovable Do

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 5: Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2

    City of London Sinfonia

    Richard Hickox, conductor

    4:56
  • 12:20 PM

    Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal": 4th movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Orchestra of St. Luke's

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    11:46
  • 12:16 PM

    English Suite No. 1: Allemande

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: English Suites 1-3

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    3:24
  • 12:10 PM

    Etude No. 21

    Louise Farrenc

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:12
  • 12:04 PM

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet

    Maurice Ravel

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Pierre Boulez, conductor

    5:16
  • 11:46 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Eroica": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Orchestra of the 18th Century

    Frans Bruggen, conductor

    12:06
  • 11:39 AM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 11:33 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air on the G String

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    Mike Herriott, brass

    5:14
  • 11:20 AM

    Divertissement on a Pastoral Theme

    Gabriel Pierne

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    11:48
  • 11:14 AM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 6th movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    5:13
  • 11:06 AM

    Concerto for Two Flutes

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    Nicholas McGegan, flute

    7:16
  • 11:01 AM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:33
  • 10:41 AM

    Holberg Suite

    Edvard Grieg

    Orchestral Favourites Vol I

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    17:37
  • 10:27 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Andrew Manze, violin

    Richard Egarr, harpsichord

    12:11
  • 10:15 AM

    Miniature Suite

    Vitezslava Kapralova

    University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra

    Kenneth Kiesler, conductor

    9:46
  • 10:06 AM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music

    Lahti Symphony Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    8:32
  • 10:01 AM

    China Gates

    John Adams

    Nicolas Hodges, piano

    4:31
  • 9:49 AM

    Der Freischutz (The Free Shooter): Overture

    Carl Maria von Weber

    DER FREISCHUTZ

    Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    8:49
  • 9:44 AM

    Music for Bill and Me

    Lou Harrison

    Music for Harp

    Karen Gottlieb, harp

    4:28
  • 9:29 AM

    Introduction and Allegro

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    13:55
  • 9:06 AM

    Caucasian Sketches

    Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Utah Symphony Orchestra

    Maurice Abravanel, conductor

    22:01
  • 9:01 AM

    Bassoon Concerto: Rondeau

    Antonio Rosetti

    Antonio Rosetti: Bassoon Concertos

    German Chamber Academy

    Eckart Hubner, bassoon

    4:34
  • 8:29 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Cesar Franck

    Pinchas Zukerman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Philips

    Pinchas Zukerman, violin

    28:59
  • 8:26 AM

    Venezuelan Dance (Seis por derecho)

    Antonio Lauro

    David Russell, guitar

    3:04
  • 8:06 AM

    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

    Benjamin Britten

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    17:54
  • 8:01 AM

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    4:42
  • 7:39 AM

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn "St. Antoni Chorale"

    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Kurt Sanderling, conductor

    18:38
  • 7:33 AM

    Veblen String Quartet

    5:51
  • 7:06 AM

    Catfish Row

    George Gershwin

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    25:21
  • 7:01 AM

    West: 1st movement

    Michael Torke

    Albany Symphony Orchestra

    David Alan Miller, conductor

    Peter Kolkay, bassoon

    4:37
  • 6:45 AM

    Oceanic Fantasy

    Paola Prestini

    Francesca dePasquale, violin

    13:43
  • 6:38 AM

    The Mother: Three Pieces

    Carl Nielsen

    Bergen Wind Quintet

    6:38
  • 6:01 AM

    Garden of Roses (Il giardino di rose): Sinfonia

    Alessandro Scarlatti

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    4:42