“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: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 380496
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöte, Blockflöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagott, Trompeten (2), Posaune, Violinen (4), Viola, Gambe, Bassi (Cello, Kontrabass, Erzlaute, Bass-Laute, Cembalo)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584022
CD
Item no.: 620207
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 189778
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279815
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478995
for: Frauenchor und Orchester
Score
Item no.: 587178
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 478826
Songbook
Item no.: 246173
Arrangement for String Quartet
Studien-Edition
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 477639
for: Organ, strings
Score
Item no.: 388538
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 173909
for: 3 solo voices [soprano, counter tenor [alto], tenor), violin, viola, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 158462
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 329462
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198586
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 660344
Oeuvres complètes série 4 vol.3
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 678774
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 560314
Voce Con Tromba 12
for: GES-T (A) TRP ORG
Item no.: 272450
Klassik
for: Trumpet in C and Organ
Book
Item no.: 484058
Atin Motets Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490393
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 673192
Luthers Glaubenszeugnis im Lied
Auswahl leichter Orgelvorspiele
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 676154
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 189345
Score
Item no.: 216038
for: Mixed choir (SATB), cello
Score
Item no.: 638189
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 157105
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670984
for: 2 voices, organ [harmonium]
Score
Item no.: 336373
for: Clarinet, piano
Book
Item no.: 183632
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 499769
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239991
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239948
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 407415
for: Mixed choir (4–7 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119460
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236207
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 752751
aus "Polnisches Requiem"
for: Sopran solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 734287
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 183994
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4266
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4184
for: GES-H (T) BL STR BC
Score
Item no.: 601911
for: Organ
Item no.: 338867
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6808
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237564
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273015
for: Vocal and String Quartet
Book
Item no.: 244416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687399