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
  • 5:24 AM

    Violin Concerto

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    34:00
  • 5:15 AM

    God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

    Traditional

    Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic

    Peter Breiner, conductor

    6:57
  • 5:06 AM

    Whimsical Symphony (Grillensymphonie)

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra

    Jeannette Sorrell, conductor

    8:32
  • 5:01 AM

    Prelude

    Heino Kaski

    Scandinavian Rhapsody, A Selection of Orchestral Favourites

    Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam, conductor

    4:41
  • 4:50 AM

    The Cathedral (La Catedral)

    Agustin Barrios

    Xuefei Yang, guitar

    8:08
  • 4:20 AM

    Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41

    North German Radio Symphony

    Gunter Wand, conductor

    29:06
  • 4:12 AM

    There is No Rose of Such Virtue; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming; Silent Night

    Traditional

    Carols from Trinity

    Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge

    Richard Marlow, conductor

    Richard Marlow, organ

    7:13
  • 4:06 AM

    Valse de la Reine (The Queen's Waltz)

    Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    MUSICA CAMERATA MONTREAL: SALON VIENNOIS

    Musica Camerata Montreal

    3:39
  • 4:01 AM

    Prelude on an Old Folk Tune

    Amy Beach

    The Solo Piano Music of Amy Beach, Vol. 2

    Joanne Polk, piano

    4:37
  • 3:46 AM

    Chimney of King Rene

    Darius Milhaud

    Milhaud: Music for Wind Instruments

    Athena Ensemble

    12:53
  • 3:23 AM

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Transfigured Night

    Trondheim Soloists

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    21:29
  • 3:21 AM

    Diabelli Variations: Variation 22

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

    Shai Wosner, piano

    :54
  • 3:11 AM

    Still, Still, Still; Ding Dong Merrily on High; In dulci jubilo

    Traditional German

    A Choral Christmas

    Trinity Choir of Boston

    Brian Jones, conductor

    8:44
  • 3:06 AM

    English Suite No. 1: Bourees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:00
  • 3:01 AM

    Flute Quartet: Minuet

    Franz Schubert

    New Schubert Works for Flute and Strings

    Martinu Quartet

    Robert Stallman, flute

    4:43
  • 2:51 AM

    Florida Suite: By the River

    Frederick Delius

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    6:49
  • 2:20 AM

    Piano Concerto

    Edvard Grieg

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    30:13
  • 2:11 AM

    Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb; Amen

    George Frideric Handel

    Seraphic Fire

    Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor

    6:57
  • 2:06 AM

    Song without Words No. 30 "Spring Song"

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    Andre Previn, piano

    2:19
  • 2:01 AM

    Symphony: Finale

    Juan Arriaga

    Algarve Orchestra

    Alvaro Cassuto, conductor

    4:37
  • 1:47 AM

    Quartet No. 1

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    11:02
  • 12:48 AM

    Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

    Jacques Offenbach

    La Pieta

    Angele Dubeau, violin

    9:36
  • 12:38 AM

    Pastoral Variations on an Old Noel

    Marcel Samuel-Rousseau

    Noel nouvelet

    Caroline Leonardelli, harp

    9:35
  • 12:20 AM

    Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye): Suite

    Maurice Ravel

    Ravel: Ballet And Dance Music

    Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    16:57
  • 12:09 AM

    Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra

    Emmanuel Chabrier

    Vienna Philharmonic

    John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

    Ronald Janezic, horn

    9:57
  • 12:00 AM

    Concerto for Two Oboe d'amore

    Georg Philipp Telemann

    Camerata Cologne

    Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe d'amore

    Piet Dhont, oboe d'amore

    8:25
  • 11:44 PM

    Carmen Fantasy

    Pablo de Sarasate

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    Leila Josefowicz, violin

    13:53
  • 11:37 PM

    Drifting Circles

    Anne Muller

    Attacca Quartet

    5:57
  • 11:26 PM

    Four Scottish Dances

    Malcolm Arnold

    Dallas Wind Symphony

    Jerry Junkin, conductor

    10:51
  • 11:15 PM

    Once as I Remember; A Spotless Rose: In the Bleak Midwinter

    Traditional

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    9:55
  • 11:07 PM

    Serenade No. 7 "Haffner": Rondo

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Capella Savaria

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    Zsolt Kallo, violin

    7:33
  • 11:00 PM

    Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Tune

    Aaron Copland

    Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano duo

    5:37
  • 10:52 PM

    Lucia Swarts, cello

    Elena Malinova, piano

    6:49
  • 10:29 PM

    Piano Concerto

    Clara Schumann

    Boulanger, Tailleferre, Mendelssohn, Schumann

    Women's Philharmonic

    JoAnn Falletta, conductor

    Angela Cheng, piano

    21:48
  • 10:21 PM

    Giselle: Entrance of Giselle

    Adolphe Adam

    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Mogrelia, conductor

    5:47
  • 10:13 PM

    Variations on the Boar's Head Carol

    Rick Sowash

    Rick Sowash: Piano Trios

    Mirecourt Trio

    7:14
  • 10:05 PM

    Concerto for Two Trumpets

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Intimate Baroque

    Banff Festival Strings

    Thomas Rolston, conductor

    David Hickman, trumpet

    7:20
  • 10:01 PM

    Legend No. 9

    Antonin Dvorak

    Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    2:41
  • 9:52 PM

    Kamarinskaya

    Mikhail Glinka

    Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Glinka, Tchaikovsky

    San Diego Chamber Orchestra

    Donald Barra, conductor

    6:09
  • 9:35 PM

    The Incredible Flutist: Suite

    Walter Piston

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    16:21
  • 9:27 PM

    Past Three o'clock; O Come, all ye Faithful; Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Christmas Music

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    6:49
  • 9:10 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    15:58
  • 9:05 PM

    An Andante

    Justin Holland

    Christopher Mallett, guitar

    4:05
  • 9:00 PM

    Concerto Grosso: March

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

    English String Orchestra

    William Boughton, conductor

    4:30
  • 6:48 PM

    Luisa Miller: Highlights

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Operisti - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Catalani

    I Solisti Italiani

    10:21
  • 6:21 PM

    Concerto Andaluz

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Night

    Internationale Philharmonie

    Horst-Hans Backer, conductor

    24:59
  • 6:14 PM

    Away in a Manger; Veni, Veni, Emanuel

    Traditional

    London Brass

    Lesley Pearson, organ

    6:00
  • 6:12 PM

    Partita No. 1: Gigue

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rafal Blechacz, piano

    1:48
  • 6:07 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 4

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: The Hungarian Dances

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    4:42
  • 6:01 PM

    Wedding March

    Johan Halvorsen

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Bjarte Engeset, conductor

    Henning Kraggerud, violin

    4:52
  • 5:54 PM

    Waltz No. 5 "Grande Valse"

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Claudio Arrau, piano

    4:34
  • 5:26 PM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 3

    Bernhard Crusell

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Alun Francis, conductor

    Thea King, clarinet

    25:39
  • 5:15 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 5:07 PM

    Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna

    Franz von Suppe

    Overtures by Suppe and Auber

    Detroit Symphony Orchestra

    Paul Paray, conductor

    7:29
  • 5:01 PM

    The Deliberations of the Gods: Overture

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Opera Overtures

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    4:45
  • 4:46 PM

    Carmina Burana Wind Suite

    Carl Orff

    Mainz Wind Ensemble

    Klaus Rainer Scholl, conductor

    12:39
  • 4:33 PM

    The Nutcracker: Divertissements

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    11:14
  • 4:14 PM

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    Ofra Harnoy, cello

    18:36
  • 4:06 PM

    La Scala di Seta (Silken Ladder): Overture

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    5:57
  • 4:01 PM

    Serenade for Strings: Alla marcia

    Dag Wiren

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Richard Studt, conductor

    4:48
  • 3:56 PM

    What Shall We Give

    Traditional

    Sing We Christmas

    Chanticleer

    2:19
  • 3:49 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 3:47 PM

    Variations on "I Got Rhythm"

    George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra

    Eos Orchestra

    Jonathan Sheffer, conductor

    Michael Boriskin, piano

    8:55
  • 3:41 PM

    Cello Suite No. 4: Bourrees

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Evolutions

    Yo-Yo Ma, cello

    4:59
  • 3:23 PM

    Horn Concerto No. 1

    Richard Strauss

    Strauss, Weber: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Concertino For Horn

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    Hermann Baumann, horn

    16:16
  • 3:13 PM

    Sussex Carol; Sans Day Carol; Here We Come A-Wassailing

    Traditional

    Noel! Noel! Noel! Christmas With Michala Petri

    National Philharmonic Orchestra

    Martin Neary, conductor

    Michala Petri, recorder

    8:51
  • 3:02 PM

    Academic Festival Overture

    Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Overtures

    Budapest Festival Orchestra

    Ivan Fischer, conductor

    10:29
  • 2:58 PM

    Prepare the Way

    Traditional

    Dale Warland Singers

    Dale Warland, conductor

    3:00
  • 2:48 PM

    Sigurd Jorsalfar: Homage March

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Symphonic Dances/Sigurd Jorsalfar/Peer Gynt

    Ulster Orchestra

    Vernon Handley, conductor

    9:09
  • 2:45 PM

    Mazurka No. 23

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin: The Mazurkas

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:16
  • 2:33 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    10:02
  • 2:20 PM

    Scherzo Capriccioso

    Antonin Dvorak

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    12:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Noels: O Creator

    Marc-Antoine Charpentier

    The King's Violins

    Bernard Labadie, conductor

    2:25
  • 2:11 PM

    Minuet No. 3

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:41
  • 2:05 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:13
  • 1:58 PM

    Ding Dong Merrily on High

    Traditional French

    Baltimore Consort

    1:45
  • 1:52 PM

    Prelude No. 4, Op. 23

    Sergei Rachaminoff

    Rachmaninoff: 24 Preludes

    Steven Osborne, piano

  • 1:44 PM

    Serenade for Winds: 1st movement

    Emil Hartmann

    Romantic Wind Serenades

    Consortium Classicum

    7:00
  • 1:33 PM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 1:27 PM

    Andersen: Entr'acte

    Oskar Nedbal

    Nedbal: From Tale To Tale

    Dvorak Chamber Orchestra

    Miroslav Homolka, conductor

    5:29
  • 1:15 PM

    Four Seasons: Summer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Trondheim Soloists

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, conductor

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    11:04
  • 1:10 PM

    Canzon No. 5

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    Gabrieli for Brass: Venetian Extravaganza

    Royal Academy of Music Brass

    3:02
  • 1:05 PM

    The Ruins of Athens: Overture

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

    Kurt Masur, conductor

    4:59
  • 12:50 PM

    English Folk Song Suite

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: A Serenade to Music, etc.

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Adrian Boult, conductor

    8:51
  • 12:44 PM

    Faeroe Island Dance and Country Gardens

    Percy Grainger

    Grainger Edition Vol. 4: Works for Wind Orchestra

    Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

    Clark Rundell/Timothy Reynish, conductor

    4:27
  • 12:30 PM

    Piano Duet Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Complete Mozart Edition, Vol. 16: Music for Two Pianos, Piano Duets

    Ingrid Haebler, piano

    12:53
  • 12:20 PM

    All my Heart; O Little One Sweet; Myn lyking

    Johann Georg Ebeling

    Christmas Night

    Cambridge Singers

    John Rutter, conductor

    8:12
  • 12:15 PM

    The Temple of Glory: Overture

    Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Jean-Philippe Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire

    Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

    Nicholas McGegan, conductor

    3:59
  • 12:11 PM

    Budapest Strings

    Lajos Lencses, oboe

    3:11
  • 12:04 PM

    Swan Lake: Pas de Deux

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor

    Esther Yoo, violin

    5:25
  • 11:49 AM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Johannes Brahms

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Herbert von Karajan, conductor

    9:20
  • 11:32 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs And Dances, Etc

    Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne

    Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor

    14:53
  • 11:25 AM

    Fum, Fum, Fum!; Riu, Riu, Chiu; I Saw Three Ships

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 11:12 AM

    Sense and Sensibility: Suite

    Patrick Doyle

    Sense And Sensibility Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    10:51
  • 11:06 AM

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits

    Christoph Gluck

    Il Furibondo

    Margret Koll, harp

    5:46
  • 11:01 AM

    Cello Sonata: Scherzo

    Frederic Chopin

    Rachmaninoff And Chopin Cello Sonatas

    Alisa Weilerstein, cello

    4:41
  • 10:48 AM

    Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South) Waltz

    Johann Strauss, Jr.

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Riccardo Muti, conductor

    10:33
  • 10:32 AM

    Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies 22, 24, 30

    Cantilena

    Adrian Shepherd, conductor

    13:51
  • 10:20 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:36
  • 10:06 AM

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Jeffrey Kahane, conductor

    Hilary Hahn, violin

    13:04
  • 10:01 AM

    Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song

    Edvard Grieg

    Alice Sara Ott, piano

    4:35
  • 9:32 AM

    String Symphony No. 7

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Amadeus Ensemble

    Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

    26:35
  • 9:21 AM

    Deck the Halls; Angel's Dance; We Wish You a Merry Christmas

    Christmas Music

    Home for the Holidays

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    John Morris Russell, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Six Mexican Dances

    Antonio Gomezanda

    Berlin Symphony Orchestra

    Jorge Velazco, conductor

    19:01
  • 8:48 AM

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

    Grace Williams

    Grace Williams: Sea Sketches

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    10:54
  • 8:37 AM

    Personent hodie; Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

    Traditional

    A Swedish Folk Christmas

    St. Jacob's Chamber Choir

    Gary Graden, conductor

    Lisa Rydberg, violin

    9:44
  • 8:06 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 1

    Florence Price

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Randall Goosby, violin

    28:58
  • 8:01 AM

    West Side Story: Cool

    Leonard Bernstein

    Modern Mandolin Quartet

    4:54
  • 7:34 AM

    Piano Concerto No. 4

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    Yuja Wang, piano

    24:16
  • 7:27 AM

    Conte de Noel

    Alphonse Hasselmans

    Xavier de Maistre, harp

    6:03
  • 7:01 AM

    Clarinet Concerto No. 2

    Louis Spohr

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Kenneth Sillito, conductor

    Julian Bliss, clarinet

    24:14
  • 6:26 AM

    Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

    Robert Schumann

    The German Album

    International Symphony Orchestra

    Rene Leibowitz, conductor

    31:57
  • 6:19 AM

    The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

    Stewart Goodyear, piano

    6:27
  • 6:01 AM

    Concerto Grosso No. 5

    George Frideric Handel

    Concentus Musicus Vienna

    Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

    16:14