“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.
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797101
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233677
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233066
for: 2 voices (TT), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366522
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Fagott, 2 Violinen, Viola, Kontrabass, Orgel, [4 Instr]
Score
Item no.: 425149
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, timpani, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 364727
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235821
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230824
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175997
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175996
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175994
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235846
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 677672
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334677
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 425195
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 364834
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 230044
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229925
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476860
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231820
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231175
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 555812
Score
Item no.: 645136
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 170760
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236048
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115156
for: Handbells [3-4]
Single edition
Item no.: 1099272
for: Women's Choir [SSA] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1102370
for: Concert band
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1517353
for: Concert band
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1517327
for: Concert band
Tenor saxophone in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1485005
for: Flexible ensemble
Part 1 in E-flat
Item no.: 353150
for: Flexible ensemble
Part 3 in C, Bass Clef
Item no.: 353145
for: Flexible ensemble
Part 3 in C
Item no.: 353138
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 955941
for: Concert band
Clarinet 1 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1505921
for: Concert band
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 1505822
for: Concert band
Tuba in B-flat - bass clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1505792
for: Concert band
Trombone 2 in B-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1505778
for: Concert band
Horn 1 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1505584
for: Concert band
Bass clarinet in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1507353
for: Concert band
Clarinet 2 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1507349
for: Concert band
Percussion 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1507338
for: Concert band
Tuba in B-flat - treble clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1506951
for: Concert band
Tuba in E-flat - bass clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1506943
for: Concert band
Tuba in E-flat - violin clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1506942
Greift auf den Notentext der in Privatbesitz befindlichen autographen Partitur zurück, die lange Zeit als verschollen galt.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238028
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095830