“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: Voice (alto) [choir], 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229887
MH 673; Richte dich auf
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231036
Herrn Kantor Peter Drichel in Freundschaft zugeeignet
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 230817
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 679027
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679022
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355399
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 1355112
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499163
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 469374
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1647019
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1647017
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1530160
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
Item no.: 578759
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit 4 Instrumenten (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel, auch a cap.
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 204644
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690418
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641223
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 811244
Single part bass
Item no.: 956608
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 956905
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580571
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 335123
for: 2 flutes, orchestra
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 189829
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784833
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 276005
for: Concert band
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661993
"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 2
Item no.: 726698
for: für Soli: Mezzosopran (Bariton) 1 - 3stimmigen Jugendchor (ChorTB ad lib.) und Instrumente (Klavier) Stabspiele
Single part
Item no.: 1135356
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 243231
für Solostimme (Sopran), gemischten Chor (SATB) und Instrumente
Viola
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684662
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587236
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579695
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578663
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3
Item no.: 218990
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 630471
for: Voice, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649216
Herrnhuter Weihnachtsmusik
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340095
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371366
in Sätzen für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung ad libitum
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387825
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233443
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231611
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 169904
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227897
Weihnachts-Motette
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362505
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 351035
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Horn, 2 Violinen, Violone, Orgel)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424122
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424117
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik 21a
Cello, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617217