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
  • 5:38 AM

    Wind Quintet

    August Klughardt

    The German Connection

    Hexagon Ensemble

    19:55
  • 5:30 AM

    El Rorro; Coventry Carol; Deck the Halls

    Christmas Music

    Christmas with Roger Wagner

    Roger Wagner Chorale

    Roger Wagner, conductor

    7:29
  • 5:06 AM

    Aranjuez Concerto

    Joaquin Rodrigo

    Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra

    Pedro Amaral, conductor

    Xianji Liu, guitar

    22:46
  • 5:01 AM

    Impromptu No. 3

    Frederic Chopin

    The Chopin Collection: The Impromptus

    Artur Rubinstein, piano

    4:51
  • 4:46 AM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique": 4th movement

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky Symphonies

    Russian National Orchestra

    Mikhail Pletnev, conductor

    11:27
  • 4:37 AM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    The Carol Album: Seven Centuries of Christmas Music

    Taverner Choir

    Andrew Parrott, conductor

    7:07
  • 4:11 AM

    Arpeggione Sonata

    Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert: The Piano Trios And Arpeggione Sonata

    Sharon Robinson, cello

    26:20
  • 4:06 AM

    Wayfaring Stranger

    Traditional

    Anonymous 4

    2:50
  • 4:01 AM

    Petite Suite: Caprice

    Joseph Lauber

    Joseph Lauber, 1864-1952

    Rachel Talitman, harp

    4:53
  • 3:48 AM

    Cantilena and Finale

    Carlos Guastavino

    "Impresiones"

    Camerata Bariloche

    9:43
  • 3:17 AM

    Violin Concerto No. 2 "La Campanella"

    Niccolo Paganini

    London Mozart Players

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Nicola Hall, guitar

    30:00
  • 3:06 AM

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Silver Bells; The Christmas Song

    Medley

    Christmas Tradition

    Canadian Brass

    Eric Robertson, organ

    9:06
  • 3:01 AM

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

    Richard Wagner

    Brussels Philharmonic

    Mathieu Herzog, conductor

    Camille Thomas, cello

    4:49
  • 2:52 AM

    Olympiad: Sinfonia

    Giovanni Pergolesi

    Italian Overtures

    Saint Cecilia Orchestra

    Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

    5:45
  • 2:40 AM

    Miracle on 34th Street: Suite

    Cyril Mockridge

    It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle On 34th St. & A Christmas Carol

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    David Newman, conductor

    11:02
  • 2:37 AM

    Scenes from Childhood: Dreaming

    Robert Schumann

    Children's World

    Mirian Conti, piano

    2:45
  • 2:06 AM

    String Quintet No. 1

    Johannes Brahms

    Concert Recording

    Kronberg Academy Ensemble

    28:53
  • 2:01 AM

    Angela Hewitt, piano

    4:38
  • 1:47 AM

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Paul Dukas

    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

    Mariss Jansons, conductor

    11:07
  • 12:53 AM

    Christus: There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

    Choral Arts Society of Washington

    Norman Scribner, conductor

    5:19
  • 12:50 AM

    O Nata Lux

    Thomas Tallis

    Lux

    Voces8

    Christian Forshaw, saxophone

    2:55
  • 12:48 AM

    First Light

    Ola Gjeilo

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo, piano

    2:03
  • 12:25 AM

    The Light

    Philip Glass

    Philip Glass: Symphony No. 3

    Vienna Radio Orchestra

    Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

    21:22
  • 12:20 AM

    Chanukah Lights

    Gerald Cohen

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    2:49
  • 12:15 AM

    Starlight Express: Waltz

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar and Vaughan Williams

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    George Hurst, conductor

    4:30
  • 12:07 AM

    Morning Star Waltz

    Justin Holland

    Justin Holland Recording Project

    Michael Vascones, guitar

    8:43
  • 12:01 AM

    Candlelight Carol

    John Rutter

    Music on Christmas Morning

    Vasari Singers

    Jeremy Backhouse, conductor

    Martin Ford, organ

    4:24
  • 11:49 PM

    Bright Blue Music

    Michael Torke

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    9:07
  • 11:47 PM

    Bright Star

    Margaret Bonds

    Bright Star

    Lara Downes, piano

    1:27
  • 11:30 PM

    Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: Piano Sonatas

    Yundi Li, piano

    15:47
  • 11:21 PM

    String Quartet No. 63 "Sunrise": 1st movement

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4 & 6

    Orlando Quartet

    8:39
  • 11:12 PM

    Illuminare, Jerusalem

    Pierre de Manchicourt

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    6:34
  • 11:10 PM

    O send out thy light

    Owain Park

    Morning Star

    Gesualdo Six

    Owain Park, conductor

    2:31
  • 11:06 PM

    Sankta Lucia

    Jan Ake Hillerud

    Sancta Lucia: Licht In Dunkler Zeit (Light In A Dark Time)

    St. Gregorius Childrens' Choir

    Steffen Schreyer, conductor

    2:47
  • 11:01 PM

    The Seasons: May (Starlight Nights)

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky: The Seasons

    Lydia Artymiw, piano

    4:30
  • 10:57 PM

    How Brightly Shown the Morning Star

    Traditional

    A Christmas Concert For Brass

    Pittsburgh Symphony Brass

    1:12
  • 10:53 PM

    The Morning Star Has Risen; On Christmas Day (Sussex Carol)

    Christmas Music

    Nova! Nova!

    The Playfords

    3:36
  • 10:26 PM

    Lux Aeterna

    Morten Lauridsen

    Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna

    Sinfonia Orchestra

    Paul Salamunovich, conductor

    27:28
  • 10:19 PM

    Twilight

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    5:09
  • 10:14 PM

    Haneirot Halalu (These Lights We Light)

    Robert Applebaum

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    4:39
  • 10:07 PM

    Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

    Ferde Grofe

    An American Salute

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    William Stromberg, conductor

    5:21
  • 10:01 PM

    Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune (Moonlight)

    Claude Debussy

    Greatest Hits

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    James Galway, flute

    4:40
  • 9:49 PM

    Three Botticelli Pictures: Adoration of the Magi

    Ottorino Respighi

    Sleigh Ride

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Keith Lockhart, conductor

    8:57
  • 9:14 PM

    Symphony

    Georges Bizet

    Bizet: Symphony, Jeux d'enfants, Roma

    Paris Orchestra

    Paavo Jarvi, conductor

    33:26
  • 9:12 PM

    Prelude No. 3

    Alexander Scriabin

    Septura

    1:11
  • 9:06 PM

    Variations on Handel's "See, The Conquering Hero Comes"

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eaken Piano Trio

    4:34
  • 9:01 PM

    The Mermaid Suite: Dance of 24 Mermaids

    Wu Zuqiang/Du Mingxin

    China National Symphony Orchestra

    Zuohuang Chen, conductor

    4:43
  • 8:55 PM

    Aire de Vidalita

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    2:41
  • 8:54 PM

    Jota aragonese

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAENS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmo Symphony, Markl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    4:07
  • 8:53 PM

    Barcarola

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    2:46
  • 8:51 PM

    De Mi Tierra

    Maria Luisa Anido

    Anido: A Mimita

    Maria Isabel Siewers, guitar

    1:44
  • 8:47 PM

    El Nino Querido

    Traditional

    The Christmas Album

    Phoenix Chorale

    Christopher Gabbitas, conductor

    3:14
  • 8:39 PM

    Vals Capricho

    Ricardo Castro Herrera

    Dances for Piano and Orchestra

    Northwest Sinfonietta

    Christophe Chagnard, conductor

    Joel Fan, piano

    7:56
  • 5:50 PM

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Overture and a Holly Jolly Christmas

    Johnny Marks

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Original 1964 TV Soundtrack)

    Videocraft Orchestra

    Maury Laws, conductor

    Burl Ives, vocals

    2:28
  • 5:42 PM

    The Lion in Winter Suite

    John Barry

    Cinema Choral Classics

    City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

    Kenneth Alwyn, conductor

    8:12
  • 5:38 PM

    The Man Who Invented Christmas: Scrooge Appears

    Mychael Danna

    The Man Who Invented Christmas: Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Nicholas Dodd, conductor

    1:52
  • 5:27 PM

    Klaus: The Legend of Klaus

    Alfonso G. Aguilar

    Klaus (Music from the Netflix film)

    Studio Orchestra

    9:55
  • 5:19 PM

    The Polar Express: Suite

    Alan Silvestri

    The Polar Express Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Original Soundtrack Recording

    Alan Silvestri, conductor

    6:02
  • 5:14 PM

    A Christmas Story: Glorious, Beautiful Christmas

    Paul Zaza/Carl Zittrer

    A Christmas Story Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Paul Zaza, conductor

    3:13
  • 5:12 PM

    A Christmas Story: The Bumper Hounds Make Their Rounds

    Paul Zaza/Carl Zittrer

    A Christmas Story Music from the Motion Picture

    Studio Orchestra

    Paul Zaza, conductor

    1:33
  • 5:06 PM

    Home Alone: We Wish You a Merry Christmas/End Title

    John Williams

    Home Alone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:17
  • 5:01 PM

    The Polar Express: When Christmas Comes to Town

    Alan Silvestri

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    4:15
  • 4:55 PM

    White Christmas

    Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

    Bing Crosby, vocals

    3:04
  • 4:52 PM

    White Christmas: Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep

    Irving Berlin

    Irving Berlin's White Christmas: Selections from the Hollywood Musical

    Joseph J. Lilley and His Orchestra

    Bing Crosby, vocals

    3:07
  • 4:42 PM

    Die Hard: Gruber's Arrival

    Michael Kamen

    Varese Sarabande - A 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Studio Orchestra

    3:49
  • 4:39 PM

    Carol: Christmas Trees

    Carter Burwell

    Studio Orchestra

    Carter Burwell, conductor

    2:21
  • 4:22 PM

    Edward Scissorhands: Suite

    Danny Elfman

    Elfman Movies Scores

    Studio Orchestra

    16:02
  • 4:15 PM

    March of the Toys

    Victor Herbert

    Joy to the World

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    3:44
  • 4:12 PM

    Babes in Toyland: Eccentric Dance

    Victor Herbert

    Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra

    Keith Brion, conductor

    3:10
  • 4:07 PM

    Elf: Papa Elf

    John Debney

    Christmas at the Movies

    Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

    Robert Ziegler, conductor

    3:21
  • 4:03 PM

    Klaus: Once a Year, I Get To See My Friend

    Alfonso G. Aguilar

    Klaus (Music from the Netflix film)

    Studio Orchestra

    2:05
  • 4:02 PM

    Klaus: I've Got Someone Covering for Me

    Alfonso G. Aguilar

    Klaus (Music from the Netflix film)

    Studio Orchestra

    1:03
  • 4:01 PM

    Klaus: A Story About Letters

    Alfonso G. Aguilar

    Klaus (Music from the Netflix film)

    Studio Orchestra

    1:38
  • 3:41 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"

    Alan Hovhaness

    Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales

    Seattle Symphony

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    17:00
  • 3:35 PM

    Al Hanisim (For the Miracles)

    Joshua Fishbein

    Miracle of Miracles

    Chicago a cappella

    John William Trotter, conductor

    4:41
  • 3:14 PM

    Guitar Concerto No. 1

    Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    Kazuhito Yamashita, guitar

    19:13
  • 3:06 PM

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

    Christmas Music

    Isthmus Brass Christmas

    Isthmus Brass

    John Stevens, conductor

    6:57
  • 2:43 PM

    Papillons (Butterflies)

    Robert Schumann

    Schumann: Piano Works Vol. 1

    Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

    15:08
  • 2:30 PM

    Concerto for Trombone

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Trombone Concerti

    Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

    Chikara Imamura, conductor

    Christian Lindberg, trombone

    11:41
  • 2:17 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Traditional

    Christmas Weekend 16 Favourite Carols

    Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge

    George Guest, conductor

    10:30
  • 2:06 PM

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Charles Mackerras, conductor

    10:18
  • 2:01 PM

    Youthful Suite: English Waltz

    Percy Grainger

    Martin Jones, piano

    4:45
  • 1:48 PM

    Four Seasons: Spring

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Orchestra of Flanders

    Rudolf Werthen, conductor

    Yolanda Kondonassis, harp

    10:07
  • 1:19 PM

    Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"

    Howard Hanson

    Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra

    Howard Hanson, conductor

    27:54
  • 1:06 PM

    Christmas Overture

    Otto Nicolai

    Nicolai: 4 Overtures, Symphony in D Major

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    10:51
  • 1:01 PM

    Graceful Ghost Rag

    William Bolcom

    Richard Dowling, piano

    4:32
  • 12:45 PM

    Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

    Sergei Prokofiev

    Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale, Shostakovich: Conc. #1, Prokofiev: Symphony

    Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

    Gerard Schwarz, conductor

    13:17
  • 12:41 PM

    Four Spanish Pieces: Polo Gitano

    Tomas Breton

    LOM Piano Trio

    3:15
  • 12:31 PM

    Carmen Suite No. 2

    Georges Bizet

    Grieg: Carmen - Peer Gynt

    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    8:34
  • 12:20 PM

    Christmas Medley

    Christmas Music

    Pops Christmas Party

    Boston Pops Orchestra

    Arthur Fiedler, conductor

    9:59
  • 12:07 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 12:01 PM

    Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies

    Traditional Chinese

    Lydia Maria Bader, piano

    4:37
  • 11:48 AM

    Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)

    Johann StraussJr.

    Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert 1991

    Vienna Philharmonic

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    10:38
  • 11:29 AM

    Academy Chamber Ensemble

    Timothy Brown, horn

    Iona Brown, violin

    Stephen Shingles, viola

    Denis Vigay, cello

    Soloists

    17:47
  • 11:17 AM

    Variations on a Portuguese Hymn (Adeste fideles)

    Ferdinand Ries

    Ries: Flute and Piano Works - Flute Sonatas / Introduction and Polonaise / Variations on a Portuguese Hymn

    Uwe Grodd, flute

    9:24
  • 11:06 AM

    Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Harold en Italie, etc.

    Orchestra of Toulouse

    Michel Plasson, conductor

    10:23
  • 11:01 AM

    French Suite No. 6: Allemande; Courante

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peter Hill, piano

    4:31
  • 10:40 AM

    Don Juan

    Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

    18:36
  • 10:29 AM

    Suite on Galician Songs: Morning Song

    Enrique Granados

    Granados: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

    Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

    Pablo Gonzalez, conductor

    9:21
  • 10:18 AM

    In dulci jubilo; Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

    Christmas Music

    Christmas With The Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    9:01
  • 10:06 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    John Field

    Benjamin Frith, piano

    11:32
  • 10:01 AM

    Night Song

    Edward Elgar

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Norman Del Mar, conductor

    4:43
  • 9:41 AM

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2

    Edvard Grieg

    Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2, etc.

    San Francisco Symphony

    Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

    17:03
  • 9:22 AM

    Flute Concerto

    Leopold Hofmann

    FJ and JM Haydn: Flute Concertos

    Haydn Ensemble Berlin

    Emmanuel Pahud, flute

    18:11
  • 9:12 AM

    The Holly and the Ivy: Fantasy on Christmas Carols

    Malcolm Arnold

    Arnold: Film Music, Vol. 2

    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

    Rumon Gamba, conductor

    8:55
  • 9:01 AM

    Trio Sonata No. 2

    Dietrich Buxtehude

    Eroica Trio

    9:47
  • 8:30 AM

    Ballet Scenes

    Alexander Glazunov

    Glazunov: The Seasons, Scenes de Ballet

    Minnesota Orchestra

    Edo de Waart, conductor

    28:21
  • 8:20 AM

    Messiah: Comfort ye, my people

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah

    Dunedin Consort and Players

    John Butt, conductor

    Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

    9:18
  • 8:01 AM

    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice

    Michael Halasz, conductor

    Fumika Mohri, violin

    16:59
  • 7:43 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 7:34 AM

    O Little Town of Bethlehem; Did Mary Know; Deck the Halls

    Richard Averre

    Christmas Carols

    Musica Sacra

    Richard Westenburg, conductor

    8:07
  • 7:14 AM

    The Wise Virgins Ballet Suite

    William Walton

    English Northern Philharmonia

    David Lloyd-Jones, conductor

    18:07
  • 7:01 AM

    Piano Sonata No. 4

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: 4 Piano Sonatas

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    12:08
  • 6:41 AM

    Bassoon Concerto

    Carl Maria von Weber

    BBC Philharmonic

    Juanjo Mena, conductor

    Karen Geoghegan, bassoon

    17:08
  • 6:30 AM

    Suite of Carols for Woodwinds

    Leroy Anderson

    ANDERSON, L.: Sleigh Ride and Other Holiday Favourites

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    10:37
  • 6:01 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Louis Theodore Gouvy

    Gouvy: Symphony 4; Fantasie symphonique

    German Radio Philharmonic

    Jacques Mercier, conductor

    27:11