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
  • 5:37 AM

    The Isle of the Dead

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    Vasily Petrenko, conductor

    20:58
  • 5:24 AM

    Yoruban Songs of Cuba

    Hector Angulo

    Manuel Barrueco, guitar

    13:07
  • 5:06 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonatas for Piano and Violin

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    15:45
  • 5:01 AM

    Three German Carols

    Traditional

    CHRISTMAS WITH SOLID BRASS

    Solid Brass

    4:38
  • 4:53 AM

    Suite for Strings: Finding Home

    Michael Fine

    Michael Fine: Seasons

    Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Philip Mann, conductor

    5:26
  • 4:47 AM

    Sheep under the Snow/Apples in Winter/Little Christmas Reel

    Traditional Irish

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle

    4:17
  • 4:18 AM

    String Quartet No. 3

    Robert Schumann

    Babel

    Calidore String Quartet

    28:36
  • 4:06 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    9:44
  • 4:01 AM

    The Sacred Veil: Child of Wonder

    Eric Whitacre

    Los Angeles Master Chorale

    Eric Whitacre, conductor

    Lisa Edwards, piano

    Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

    4:42
  • 3:47 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Favourites

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    11:36
  • 3:44 AM

    The Cherry Tree Carol; Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Adagio Trio

    2:12
  • 3:34 AM

    Piano Trio: Pale Yellow

    Jennifer Higdon

    Lincoln Trio

    8:28
  • 3:15 AM

    Mandolin Concerto

    Johann Hummel

    Hummell: Mandolin Concerto, etc.

    London Mozart Players

    Howard Shelley, conductor

    Alison Stephens, mandolin

    17:32
  • 3:06 AM

    From Italy (Aus Italien): Life in Naples

    Richard Strauss

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:12
  • 3:01 AM

    Zootropias: Chacona

    Alejandro Roman

    Trio Arbos

    4:50
  • 2:49 AM

    Divertimento No. 6

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    New York Philomusica

    9:15
  • 2:28 AM

    Three Botticelli Pictures

    Ottorino Respighi

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    19:20
  • 2:12 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 34

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas 29, 31, 34, 35, 49

    Emanuel Ax, piano

    14:30
  • 2:06 AM

    Overture on French Carols

    Philip Lane

    Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    5:21
  • 2:01 AM

    Sonatine for Bassoon and Harp

    Joseph Lauber

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    Pierre Martens, bassoon

    4:31
  • 1:38 AM

    An American in Paris

    George Gershwin

    Music of the Americas

    Houston Symphony Orchestra

    Andres Orozco-Estrada, conductor

    19:51
  • 1:32 AM

    One Winter's Night

    Mark O'Connor

    Mark O'Connor, violin

    Chris Thile, mandolin

    Bryan Sutton, guitar

    4:47
  • 1:24 AM

    Recorder Sonata No. 11

    George Frideric Handel

    Amarillis

    7:14
  • 1:06 AM

    A Song of Islands

    Douglas Lilburn

    LILBURN: Orchestral Works

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    16:33
  • 1:01 AM

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    4:37
  • 12:49 AM

    Symphony No. 9 "From the New World": 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    9:41
  • 12:44 AM

    Wexford Carol

    Traditional Irish

    West Edge String Quartet

    3:42
  • 12:26 AM

    Fantastic Dances

    Joaquin Turina

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    17:00
  • 12:14 AM

    Concerto No. 12

    Pietro Locatelli

    Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatralli and Concerti, Op. 4

    Raglan Baroque Players

    Elizabeth Wallfisch, conductor

    10:32
  • 12:06 AM

    Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Favorite Overtures

    Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Gianluigi Gelmetti, conductor

    6:39
  • 12:01 AM

    Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn: Adagio

    Carl Reinecke

    Dallas Chamber Players

    4:38
  • 11:50 PM

    Invitation to the Dance

    Carl Maria von Weber

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    8:39
  • 11:37 PM

    Symphony No. 1: 1st movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 2

    Staatskapelle Berlin

    Otmar Suitner, conductor

    12:04
  • 11:25 PM

    Gotterdammerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey

    Richard Wagner

    Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    10:57
  • 11:11 PM

    Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, etc.

    Kirov Orchestra

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    Sergei Levitin, violin

    12:27
  • 11:06 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    3:51
  • 11:01 PM

    Sonata for Two Violins: Gigue and Presto

    Johann Goldberg

    Musica Alta Ripa

    4:33
  • 10:55 PM

    String Quartet No. 16: 2nd movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 131 & 135

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    3:22
  • 10:50 PM

    Arabesque No. 1

    Claude Debussy

    Piano Classics: Popular Works for Solo Piano

    John O'Conor, piano

    4:37
  • 10:30 PM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss

    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

    Manfred Honeck, conductor

    18:33
  • 10:19 PM

    Air and Gavotte

    Arthur Foote

    Gowanus Arts Ensemble

    Reuben Blundell, conductor

    8:30
  • 10:14 PM

    The Imaginary Armida: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, 2

    Toronto Chamber Orchestra

    Kevin Mallon, conductor

    5:02
  • 10:06 PM

    Chanukah Variations

    Joshua Jacobson

    Zamir Chorale of Boston

    Joshua Jacobson, conductor

    7:02
  • 10:03 PM

    Anna Shelest, piano

    2:46
  • 9:44 PM

    Concerto Koln

    14:38
  • 9:42 PM

    Etude No. 8 "Sixths"

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Album

    Lang Lang, piano

    1:02
  • 9:33 PM

    Thais: Meditation

    Jules Massenet

    New York Chamber Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

    7:26
  • 9:30 PM

    Away in a Manger

    William James Kirkpatrick

    Christmas Goes Baroque 2

    Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    3:23
  • 9:14 PM

    Danish National Chamber Orchestra

    Adam Fischer, conductor

    14:04
  • 9:06 PM

    Warsaw Concerto

    Richard Addinsell

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Misha Dichter, piano

    8:12
  • 9:01 PM

    Brendan's Air

    Brendan Monaghan

    Barry Douglas, piano

    Eimear McGeown, Irish flute

    4:36
  • 6:47 PM

    Scheherazade: The Festival at Baghdad

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    World Orchestra For Peace: The Credit Suisse Tour 2005

    World Orchestra for Peace

    Valery Gergiev, conductor

    11:46
  • 6:34 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 12 "La Follia"

    Arcangelo Corelli

    Alison Melville, recorder

    Lucas Harris, archlute

    Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon

    Borys Medicky, harpsichord

    Joelle Marton, bass viol

    11:10
  • 6:24 PM

    Philharmonia

    Francesco d'Avalos, conductor

    8:22
  • 6:20 PM

    Snowride

    Angela Morley

    Another Night Before Christmas And Scrooge

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:36
  • 6:06 PM

    Parley of Instruments

    12:51
  • 6:01 PM

    Lyric Pieces: From Early Years

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Lyric Pieces

    Stephen Hough, piano

    4:43
  • 5:49 PM

    Cello Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    London Chamber Orchestra

    Christopher Warren-Green, conductor

    Han-Na Chang, cello

    9:31
  • 5:33 PM

    Spanish Dances

    Moritz Moszkowski

    From Foreign Lands

    San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

    Martin West, conductor

    14:19
  • 5:27 PM

    Five Meditations: What Sweeter Music

    John Rutter

    Distant Land

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    John Rutter, conductor

    4:00
  • 5:24 PM

    The Lark

    Clement Janequin

    Renaissance Winds

    Ensemble Doulce Memoire

    2:18
  • 5:06 PM

    Guitar Quintet No. 5

    Luigi Boccherini

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Pepe Romero, guitar

    17:50
  • 5:01 PM

    Suite for Flute and Piano: 1st movement

    Charles-Marie Widor

    Robert Langevin, flute

    Margaret Kampmeier, piano

    4:32
  • 4:40 PM

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    18:15
  • 4:30 PM

    Mignon: Overture

    Ambroise Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    8:06
  • 4:25 PM

    Coventry Carol

    Traditional English

    Christmas with Sonos Handbells

    Sonos Handbell Ensemble

    James Meredith, conductor

    3:53
  • 4:06 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Handel and Haydn Society

    Harry Christophers, conductor

    Aisslinn Nosky, violin

    18:05
  • 4:01 PM

    La Convalescente

    Francois Couperin

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:35
  • 3:38 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 1

    Georges Bizet

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    18:25
  • 3:33 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Traditional

    Imani Winds

    3:53
  • 3:29 PM

    Chopi (Danza Paraguaya)

    Pablo Escobar

    Batucada: South American Guitar Music

    Graham Anthony Devine, guitar

    3:20
  • 3:15 PM

    Sinfonia Concertante No. 4

    Johann Christian Bach

    Musica Antiqua Cologne

    Reinhard Goebel, conductor

    Stephan Schardt, violin

    Joachim Fiedler, cello

    13:11
  • 3:03 PM

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    11:03
  • 2:58 PM

    What Sweeter Music

    Michael Fink

    Emmanuel

    National Lutheran Choir

    David Cherwien, conductor

    Nikki Christopher, harp

    2:49
  • 2:47 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 3rd movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    New York Philharmonic

    Leonard Bernstein, conductor

    9:52
  • 2:43 PM

    Yuletide Waltz

    Elfrida Andree

    Oskar Ekberg, piano

    2:30
  • 2:36 PM

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    6:22
  • 2:31 PM

    Carol of the Drum

    Katherine K. Davis

    Cor Christmas

    Cortango

    Cally Banham, English horn

    4:15
  • 2:22 PM

    Serenade No. 9 "Posthorn": 3rd movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    7:32
  • 2:18 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites

    Scottish National Orchestra

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    3:37
  • 2:09 PM

    Violin Sonata No. 2: Allegro

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    James Ehnes, violin

    5:41
  • 2:04 PM

    Othello Suite: Children's Intermezzo

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    3:44
  • 1:52 PM

    Violin Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement

    Niccolo Paganini

    Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Serenade Melancolique, Valse Scherzo

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Midori, violin

    7:03
  • 1:42 PM

    Barcarolle

    Frederic Chopin

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    8:59
  • 1:34 PM

    Trumpet Concerto: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    L'Art de Maurice Andre

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    Maurice Andre, trumpet

    6:55
  • 1:32 PM

    Folk Suite No. 4: El Monigote

    William Grant Still

    2013-2014 Class Notes: Classical MPR Presents A Musical History Tour

    Dolce Wind Quintet

    1:28
  • 1:28 PM

    Wassail Dances: Yorkshire Wassail

    Philip Lane

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gavin Sutherland, conductor

    3:02
  • 1:14 PM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Richard Egarr, conductor

    12:55
  • 1:08 PM

    Piano Quintet: Scherzo

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak and Brahms: Piano Quintets, Concertante

    Concertante

    Jeremy Denk, piano

    4:07
  • 1:04 PM

    Dance of the Shepherd Girl

    Hugo Alfven

    Sibelius: Finlandia, Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar

    Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    3:56
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 8: 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

    7:12
  • 12:44 PM

    Davide penitente: Lungi le cure ingrate

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart (extended version)

    Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore

    4:45
  • 12:36 PM

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    7:00
  • 12:31 PM

    Scottis Dance/Swit St. Nikclas

    Traditional Scottish

    Solstice Spirit: The Musical Visions of Sister Gildaherd the Benign

    Kirk Elliott

    3:49
  • 12:28 PM

    L'Odyssee d'Alice Tremblay: A Fairy Tale

    Francois Dompierre

    Angele Dubeau & La Pieta: Silence, on joue! A Time for Us

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, conductor

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    2:08
  • 12:21 PM

    The Fairy Queen: Overture

    Henry Purcell

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Ronald Thomas, conductor

    6:43
  • 12:15 PM

    Apollo Chamber Players

    4:24
  • 12:07 PM

    Wand of Youth: Overture, Serenade, and Sun Dance

    Edward Elgar

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    James Judd, conductor

    6:42
  • 12:04 PM

    Carnival of the Animals: The Swan

    Camille Saint-Saens

    The 5 Browns: Browns in Blue

    Melody Brown, piano

    2:12
  • 11:51 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Karl Richter Edition: Mozart/Haydn/Gluck

    Munich Bach Orchestra

    Karl Richter, conductor

    Aurele Nicolet, flute

    7:47
  • 11:40 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: La fiesta

    Enrique Granados

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    8:36
  • 11:26 AM

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    13:13
  • 11:24 AM

    Riu, Riu, Chiu

    Anonymous Spanish

    Christmas Around the World

    Burning River Brass

    2:02
  • 11:20 AM

    Ave Maria

    Charles Gounod

    Dream Season: The Christmas Harp

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    2:52
  • 11:11 AM

    Sinfonia for Strings

    Andrea Bernasconi

    Europa Galante

    Fabio Biondi, conductor

    8:02
  • 11:06 AM

    Il Signor Bruschino: Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Riccardo Chailly, conductor

    4:46
  • 11:01 AM

    Prelude No. 1

    Ketil Bjornstad

    Ketil Bjornstad, piano

    4:37
  • 10:42 AM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks

    George Frideric Handel

    Cleveland Symphonic Winds

    Frederick Fennell, conductor

    15:57
  • 10:23 AM

    3 Argentinian Cantilenas and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    Camerata Bariloche

    18:07
  • 10:16 AM

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Noel Regney/Gloria Shayne

    Northern Lights Orchestra

    Petri Juutilainen, conductor

    4:53
  • 10:06 AM

    The Wreckers Overture

    Ethel Smyth

    BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Sakari Oramo, conductor

    9:10
  • 10:01 AM

    Twelfth Night

    Samuel Barber

    Polyphony

    Stephen Layton, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:46 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 3

    Giovanni Paisiello

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Stephanie Gonley, conductor

    Mariaclara Monetti, piano

    11:46
  • 9:39 AM

    Fantasia on Themes from Verdi's La Traviata

    Julian Arcas

    David Russell: Art Of The Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    6:26
  • 9:35 AM

    Traditional Slavic Christmas Music

    Leopold Stokowski

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    3:05
  • 9:06 AM

    Symphony No. 6

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Spano, conductor

    28:11
  • 9:01 AM

    Balinese Ceremonial Music: Taboeh Teloe

    Colin McPhee

    Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music

    Nico Muhly, piano

    4:44
  • 8:31 AM

    Les Sylphides Ballet

    Frederic Chopin

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    27:20
  • 8:27 AM

    Tune No. 172

    Turlough O'Carolan

    Winter's Delights

    Quadriga Consort

    3:16
  • 8:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 6

    Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Flute Concertos

    I Solisti Veneti

    Claudio Scimone, conductor

    James Galway, flute

    19:25
  • 8:01 AM

    Tango Song and Dance: Song

    Andre Previn

    Augustin Hadelich, violin

    Joyce Yang, piano

    4:39
  • 7:24 AM

    The Fruits of Silence

    Peteris Vasks

    Winter

    Voces8

    5:29
  • 7:22 AM

    Symphony No. 1

    Charles Ives

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    36:18
  • 7:19 AM

    The Crown of Roses

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Christmas with Septura

    Septura

    2:33
  • 7:06 AM

    The Cider House Rules: Suite

    Rachel Portman

    The Cider House Rules: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    David Snell, conductor

    11:05
  • 7:01 AM

    Old and Lost Rivers

    Tobias Picker

    London Symphony Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:34
  • 6:47 AM

    Theme and Variations "Geistervariationen" (Ghost Variations)

    Robert Schumann

    Igor Levit, piano

    11:16
  • 6:19 AM

    Mississippi River Suite

    Florence Price

    Women's Philharmonic

    Apo Hsu, conductor

    27:44
  • 6:14 AM

    Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol)

    Agustin Barrios

    Goran Sollscher: Cavatina

    Goran Sollscher, guitar

    3:00