“There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.” 1 Corinthians 12:5
It’s not just birthdays we celebrate annually! Important events keep coming back year after year, in many forms, so that we can honour and appreciate them, and it is no wonder that religious festivals hold an important place in our calendars. Browse our sheet music and scores, we have music for all festive occasions, and click here to find out more about the church year.
Unlike the calendar year, the church year begins with Advent, and ends with what the Catholic Church calls Christ the King, and the Protestant Church calls Eternity Sunday, the Sunday before Advent. Religious festivals mirror nature: in the dark season of winter, Christ comes as a light into the world, in the spring, Easter celebrates the victory of life over death, and as autumn unfolds, the church commemorates transience and death.
Individual feast days, and days of remembrance are celebrated each year, including for Mary Mother of God, the Apostles, the Evangelists and the Saints, and events such as New Year and Thanksgiving, as well as the Festival of our Lord Jesus Christ. In recent years, some Sundays have been devoted to more familiar, secular topics, such as Family and World Mission. Festivals in the Reformed Churches differ slightly from those in the Catholic Church, they also assign "non-festive" Sundays, and they feature the "Wochenlied", the Main Song, or Song of the Week, which has a similar function to a traditional Anthem in other religious services.
for: 3 Blockflöten (SSA), Alt-Glockenspiel, Schlagwerk und Klavier
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1545265
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603945
Weihnachtsmesse (liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SSATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 736765
Weihnachtsmesse (liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SSATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 750149
"Siehe, ich verkündige euch große Freude" (Luk. 2, 10, 14)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 734273
for: Concert band
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661985
for: Concert band
Tuba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661977
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 152212
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104275
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675533
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 242499
for: Treble recorder
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 647336
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 243234
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 343419
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649272
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649271
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 293991
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 217046
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632889
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498396
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690453
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579696
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236307
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231427
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 248135
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 649781
Weihnachts-Motette
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362502
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773079
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235635
for: Youth string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334898
Single part
Item no.: 347604
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424838
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 424737
Weihnachtskantate für zweistimmigen Kinderchor, Kammerorchester und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Children's choir (2 voices), Chamber orchestra, piano [organ]
Single part Flute
Item no.: 680778
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677214
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Horn, 2 Violinen, Violone, Orgel)
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424123
Tuba / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 680415
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232189
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227896
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280454
Motetto Pastorale
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 474777
Querflöte / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2-x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 680436
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
Ausgabe für Posaunenchor
for: Brass ensemble
Part 3 in C
Item no.: 498303
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Accordion
Item no.: 1549527
für alle Gelegenheiten
for: Small wind band
Single part Horn 3 (E-flat)
Item no.: 343065
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797046
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231177