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
  • 5:24 AM

    Violin Concerto "Distant Light"

    Peteris Vasks

    O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Hugo Ticciati, conductor

    Hugo Ticciati, violin

    33:44
  • 5:16 AM

    Friction Quartet

    7:17
  • 5:06 AM

    Flute Concerto No. 5

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of Ancient Music

    Christopher Hogwood, conductor

    Stephen Preston, flute

    8:58
  • 5:01 AM

    Childhood Dream (Reve d'enfant)

    Eugene Ysaye

    French Impressions

    Bienne Symphony Orchestra

    Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor

    Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin

    4:35
  • 4:48 AM

    Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    New Queen's Hall Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    10:44
  • 4:37 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 2

    George Walker

    Steven Beck, piano

    8:56
  • 4:20 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Nino Rota

    Virtuosi Italiani

    Marzio Conti, conductor

    Paolo Carlini, bassoon

    17:03
  • 4:06 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 4

    George Frideric Handel

    Collegium Aureum

    Franzjosef Maier, violin

    11:35
  • 4:01 AM

    Partita: Pavane

    Paul Lansky

    David Starobin, guitar

    Mari Yoshinaga, percussion

    4:39
  • 3:44 AM

    Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves

    David Bedford

    Timothy Reynish International Repertoire Recordings, Vol. 10: The Music of David Bedford

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell, conductor

    13:59
  • 3:38 AM

    Memories of the Alhambra

    Francisco Tarrega

    Reflections of Spain: Spanish Favorites for Guitar

    David Russell, guitar

    5:25
  • 3:19 AM

    Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonnerie

    Monica Huggett, conductor

    17:32
  • 3:12 AM

    Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rossen Milanov, conductor

    Yaroslav Krasnikov, violin

    6:08
  • 3:06 AM

    Love's Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies

    Gerald Finzi

    Northern Sinfonia

    Howard Griffiths, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:01 AM

    Two-Part Inventions Nos. 1 and 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Invention

    Tessa Lark, violin

    4:39
  • 2:26 AM

    String Quartet

    Edvard Grieg

    Emerson String Quartet

    32:03
  • 2:18 AM

    War Horse: Dartmoor, 1912

    John Williams

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Williams, conductor

    6:30
  • 2:15 AM

    Horseplay: Lively

    Errollyn Wallen

    Wallen: The Girl in My Alphabet

    Continuum Ensemble

    Philip Headlam, conductor

    3:01
  • 2:13 AM

    Dark Horsemen

    William Grant Still

    Althea Waites, piano

    1:22
  • 2:06 AM

    Festival March

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic

    David Zinman, conductor

    5:39
  • 2:01 AM

    Serenade for Strings: Andante

    Max Bruch

    Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra

    George Hanson, conductor

    4:34
  • 1:36 AM

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement

    Gustav Mahler

    Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Cleveland Orchestra

    Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor

    21:35
  • 1:26 AM

    Oboe Sonata

    George Frideric Handel

    G. F. Handel: Recorder & Oboe Sonatas

    Amarillis

    Heloise Gaillard, oboe

    8:07
  • 1:22 AM

    The Haunted Ocean

    Max Richter

    Max Richter: Exiles

    Baltic Sea Philharmonic

    Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

    2:16
  • 1:06 AM

    Views of the Sea

    Eduard Toldra

    Casals, Toldra, Montsalvatge

    Andorra National Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Claret, conductor

    15:58
  • 1:01 AM

    Clarinet Trio: 3rd movement

    Nino Rota

    Rota: Chamber Music

    Ensemble Nino Rota

    4:41
  • 12:41 AM

    String Quartet No. 51

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets No. 51, 59 and 64

    Minetti Quartet

    17:44
  • 12:31 AM

    La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Overtures (Complete), Vol. 1

    Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    9:50
  • 12:06 AM

    Quintet for Piano and Winds

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Anton Kuerti, piano

    James Sommerville, horn

    James Campbell, clarinet

    James Mason, oboe

    James McKay, bassoon

    23:48
  • 11:50 PM

    Souvenir of a Beloved Place: Meditation

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra

    Odense Symphony Orchestra

    Alexander Vedernikov, conductor

    Jennifer Koh, violin

    10:39
  • 11:34 PM

    Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Anton Arensky

    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; Elegy; Anton Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

    Saint Petersburg Camerata

    Saulius Sondeckis, conductor

    14:21
  • 11:32 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Cello Suites

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    1:40
  • 11:29 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Cello Suites

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:34
  • 11:27 PM

    Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Cello Suites

    Zuill Bailey, cello

    2:21
  • 11:11 PM

    Symphony: 3rd movement

    Hans Rott

    Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    14:01
  • 10:35 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Franz Schubert

    National Arts Centre Orchestra

    Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

    27:56
  • 10:23 PM

    Second Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Holst: Hammersmith, Moorside Suite, Suites 1 And 2 / Dunn

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Howard Dunn, conductor

    11:20
  • 10:08 PM

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    13:30
  • 10:00 PM

    Gnossienne No. 1

    Erik Satie

    The Magic of Satie

    Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

    4:34
  • 9:55 PM

    The Armed Man: Benedictus

    Karl Jenkins

    Eventide

    Voces8

    Christian Forshaw, saxophone

    3:06
  • 9:52 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 9:35 PM

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Benjamin Britten

    Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    16:45
  • 9:34 PM

    Here Comes the Sun

    George Harrison

    Blackbird: The Beatles Album

    String Ensemble

    Christopher Austin, conductor

    Milos Karadaglic, guitar

    3:02
  • 9:24 PM

    Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

    Mily Balakirev

    Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Balakirev

    Lang Lang, piano

    8:57
  • 9:11 PM

    Trio Sonata No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530

    King's Consort

    Robert King, conductor

    11:38
  • 9:00 PM

    Four Seasons: Winter

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Nigel Kennedy, conductor

    Nigel Kennedy, violin

    8:46
  • 6:57 PM

    God Grant Us to Live Here

    Traditional Norwegian

    Strid

    Oslo Chamber Choir

    Hakon Daniel Nystedt, conductor

    1:42
  • 6:46 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra

    Peter Schreier, conductor

    Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet

    10:39
  • 6:36 PM

    Symphony No. 5

    William Boyce

    Boyce: 8 Symphonies

    English Concert

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    7:57
  • 6:30 PM

    Bluebeard (Barbe-Bleue): Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    5:54
  • 6:07 PM

    Gaspard de la Nuit

    Maurice Ravel

    Martha Argerich, piano

    22:01
  • 6:01 PM

    Maghera Mountain

    Martin Hayes

    Brooklyn Rider

    Martin Hayes, Irish fiddle

    4:45
  • 5:52 PM

    Gymnopedie Nos. 1 and 3

    Erik Satie

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    5:52
  • 5:16 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Robert Schumann

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    34:51
  • 5:06 PM

    Finlandia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2, Finlandia

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    8:06
  • 5:01 PM

    Romance No. 3

    Clara Schumann

    Marina Thibeault, viola

    Marie-Eve Scarfone, piano

    4:45
  • 4:54 PM

    American Suite: 4th movement

    Antonin Dvorak

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    3:58
  • 4:47 PM

    Jeni Slotchiver, piano

    6:37
  • 4:30 PM

    Itzhak Perlman, violin

    Daniel Barenboim, piano

    16:07
  • 4:20 PM

    Sevres of Ancient France

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ballets

    Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Adriano, conductor

    8:25
  • 4:15 PM

    Hallelujah

    Leonard Cohen

    Canadiana

    Canadian Brass

    3:35
  • 4:06 PM

    Cantata No. 169: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Sinfonia

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    Stefano Demicheli, organ

    8:50
  • 4:01 PM

    West Side Story: Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

    4:36
  • 3:51 PM

    Aida: Triumphal March

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    7:22
  • 3:25 PM

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    25:00
  • 3:02 PM

    Nameday (Namensfeier) Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    6:43
  • 2:50 PM

    Cello Sonata: Finale

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Hee-Young Lim, cello

    Nathalia Milstein, piano

    11:06
  • 2:47 PM

    See-Saw Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Jiji Plays Justin Holland: Music for Guitar

    Jiji, guitar

    2:23
  • 2:43 PM

    Heidenroslein (Wild Rose)

    Franz Schubert

    An Die Musik - Favorite Schubert Songs

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    1:49
  • 2:40 PM

    An die Musik (To Music)

    Franz Schubert

    Bryn Terfel, baritone

    Malcolm Martineau, piano

    2:37
  • 2:36 PM

    Little Concert Suite: Tarantelle Fretillante

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    RTE Concert Orchestra

    Adrian Leaper, conductor

    2:39
  • 2:32 PM

    Suite for Toy Piano: selections

    John Cage

    John Cage: The Seasons

    American Composers Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    3:15
  • 2:22 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 3: 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Concertos

    Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

    Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor

    Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

    8:24
  • 2:17 PM

    The Gumsuckers March

    Percy Grainger

    North Texas Wind Symphony

    Eugene Corporon, conductor

    3:48
  • 2:07 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Song of a New Race": 4th movement

    William Grant Still

    Fort Smith Symphony

    John Jeter, conductor

    7:13
  • 2:04 PM

    Sleeping Beauty: Three Ivans

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    1:16
  • 1:54 PM

    Karelia Suite: Alla Marcia

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Karelia Suite

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    4:30
  • 1:48 PM

    Rhine Nymphs: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    Offenbach Romantique

    Musicians of the Louvre

    Marc Minkowski, conductor

    4:44
  • 1:45 PM

    Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair)

    Claude Debussy

    Canadian Brass

    2:15
  • 1:34 PM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble Appassionato

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    9:42
  • 1:31 PM

    Etude No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: Etudes Opus 10, Op. 25

    Murray Perahia, piano

    2:15
  • 1:22 PM

    Concerto for Two Horns

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Nicolas Hill, horn

    7:37
  • 1:18 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 1:16 PM

    Rondo for Dancing

    Grace Williams

    Madeleine Mitchell, violin

    Gordon Mackay, violin

    Joseph Spooner, cello

    1:52
  • 1:07 PM

    Symphony: 1st movement

    Georges Bizet

    Paris Orchestra

    Semyon Bychkov, conductor

    7:15
  • 1:04 PM

    Acis and Galatea: Happy We!

    George Frideric Handel

    Grand & Glorious - Great Operatic Choruses / Robert Shaw

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Robert Shaw, conductor

    1:56
  • 12:52 PM

    The Olympiad: Overture

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 5

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice

    Patrick Gallois, conductor

    6:03
  • 12:47 PM

    Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sound of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:43
  • 12:42 PM

    La Danza

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

    Bologna Theater Orchestra

    Richard Bonynge, conductor

    Luciano Pavarotti, tenor

    3:07
  • 12:31 PM

    Symphony No. 2

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Osmo Vanska, conductor

    33:19
  • 12:22 PM

    Capriccio No. 1

    Muzio Clementi

    Lilya Zilberstein, piano

    7:30
  • 12:15 PM

    Cantata No. 42: Sinfonia

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Accademia Bizantina

    Ottavio Dantone, conductor

    6:21
  • 12:07 PM

    Brook Green Suite

    Gustav Holst

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    6:16
  • 12:04 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 7

    Johannes Brahms

    Romantic Dances for Piano Duet

    Duo Turgeon

    1:53
  • 11:52 AM

    Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

    Richard Wagner

    Wagner Without Words

    Cleveland Orchestra

    George Szell, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:37 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Franz Schubert

    .Such Stuff As Dreams...

    Carol Rosenberger, piano

    13:02
  • 11:29 AM

    Symphony No. 2

    Georg Anton Benda

    Benda: Sinfonias Nos. 1-6

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Benda, conductor

    7:48
  • 11:26 AM

    Gayane: Dance of the Rose Maidens

    Aram Khachaturian

    Full Dimensional Sound - Sabre Dance: Ballet Suites

    Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

    Alfred Newman, conductor

    2:13
  • 11:12 AM

    Suite in the Old Style

    Christian Sinding

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    12:47
  • 11:09 AM

    Promenade (Walking the Dog)

    George Gershwin

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    Jonathan Gunn, clarinet

    2:49
  • 11:06 AM

    Waltz No. 4 "Valse brillante"

    Frederic Chopin

    Beethoven: Sonatas; Chopin: Waltzes, Etc

    Ingrid Fliter, piano

    2:14
  • 11:01 AM

    Woodland Sketches (selected)

    Edward MacDowell

    Paula Robison, flute

    Eliot Fisk, guitar

    4:33
  • 10:49 AM

    Prague Waltzes

    Antonin Dvorak

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Antal Dorati, conductor

    8:58
  • 10:32 AM

    Concerto for 2 Orchestras No. 2

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    16:01
  • 10:18 AM

    Sonata for Flute and Orchestra

    Francis Poulenc

    Scottish Chamber Orchestra

    Steuart Bedford, conductor

    Jennifer Stinton, flute

    12:03
  • 10:06 AM

    Bavarian Dances

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    11:36
  • 10:01 AM

    Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna": 1st movement

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    4:38
  • 9:40 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: Complete Concertos

    Russian National Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    Alexander Romanovsky, piano

    18:30
  • 9:36 AM

    Medallon antiguo (Antique Medallion)

    Agustin Barrios

    From The Jungles Of Paraguay: John Williams Plays Barrios

    John Williams, guitar

    3:19
  • 9:06 AM

    String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life"

    Bedrich Smetana

    Pavel Haas Quartet

    28:25
  • 9:01 AM

    Sonata No. 16

    Giovanni Fontana

    Stradivaria

    4:31
  • 8:28 AM

    Symphony No. 7

    Niels Gade

    Stockholm Sinfonietta

    Neeme Jarvi, conductor

    30:37
  • 8:18 AM

    Piano Sonata

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

    Roman Rabinovich, piano

    9:36
  • 8:13 AM

    Intermezzo

    Alex Shapiro

    Jenni Olson, bass flute

    Marcia Dickstein, harp

    3:40
  • 8:06 AM

    Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

    Frederick Delius

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    5:51
  • 8:01 AM

    Cherubic Hymn

    Pavel Chesnokov

    The Sacred Spirit Of Russia

    Conspirare

    Craig Hella Johnson, conductor

    4:33
  • 7:39 AM

    Grand Serenade No. 2

    Johann Hummel

    Gragnagi: Quartet, op. 8

    Consortium Classicum

    18:52
  • 7:32 AM

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Gregorio Allegri

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    6:03
  • 7:06 AM

    Nights in the Gardens of Spain

    Manuel de Falla

    Falla, Albeniz

    Paris Orchestra

    Daniel Barenboim, conductor

    Martha Argerich, piano

    24:54
  • 7:01 AM

    Anthony Glise, guitar

    4:33
  • 6:28 AM

    Piano Quintet No. 1

    Ernst von Dohnanyi

    Takacs Quartet

    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

    30:21
  • 6:24 AM

    Rodeo: Corral Nocturne

    Aaron Copland

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Louis Lane, conductor

    3:42
  • 6:06 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 2

    Zara Levina

    Yury Revich, violin

    Maria Lettberg, piano

    15:51
  • 6:01 AM

    Gold Dust Waltz

    Erik Satie

    Anne Queffelec, piano

    4:33