“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: String orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 647477
Weihnachtskantate für 2 Solostimmen oder 2-stimmigen Chor, 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Kontrabass) und Orgel (Cembalo)
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 176678
Tenor Bb
for: Brass band
Single part tenor (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657952
for: Handbells [3]
Book
Item no.: 1116844
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1116655
The Splendor of Christmas
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070513
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1329995
for: TRP (B/C) ORG
FASSUNG F-DUR
Item no.: 333438
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 335257
Lieder für Prozession und kirchliche Feste
for: Concert band
Single part Tuba 1 (C)
Item no.: 294853
Single part Flugelhorn 1
Item no.: 167049
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 379621
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 379434
35 der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Bläserquartett – Das Weihnachts-Muckenheft
3. Stimme in Es: Horn / Altsaxophon
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 3 in E-flat
Item no.: 655512
35 der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Bläserquartett – Das Weihnachts-Muckenheft
1. Stimme in C: Trompete / Oboe / Querflöte
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 655507
35 der schönsten Weihnachtslieder für Bläserquartett – Das Weihnachts-Muckenheft
4. Stimme in Es Violinschlüssel: Baritonsaxophon
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 4 in E-flat
Item no.: 655506
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
Ausgabe für Posaunenchor
for: Brass ensemble
Additional melody part in C
Item no.: 498305
Drums / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Additional part
Item no.: 680449
BeNeLux–Part
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Part 4 in B-flat, bass clef (trombone / euphonium)
Item no.: 672078
für Akkordeonorchester (leicht)
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 1653127
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651163
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 144006
(Split Trax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 825456
Based on Matthew 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825521
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 490595
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122632
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122575
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Medium High Voice
Set of parts
Item no.: 1085412
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1057290
Traditional Normandy Tune
for: SATB, Piano Or Harp and Oboe
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1058564
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 827051
Celebrating the Miracle of Christmas
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 826653
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323767
Jeg Er Sa Glad Hver Julekveld
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123532
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122562
Mark Foster
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123296
A Christmas Jubilee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122081
The Young Christmas Album 3
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Part 4 in B-flat (trombone / baritone horn / euphonium / tenor saxophone)
Item no.: 1657341
for: Soli (ST), gemischter Chor, Streicher, 2 Trompeten, Basso continuo
Partitur, [deutsch, englisch]
Item no.: 173724
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Single part Keyboard
Item no.: 672060
for: ST 2 IN B (KLAR/TRP)
Item no.: 579300
Christmas Choral Music Of Eleanor Daley
CD
Item no.: 1057016
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825410
Choral
for: SATB
Buch
Item no.: 1656735
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126271
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
for: Small wind band
Part Bass instrument 1/2 (C)
Item no.: 498295
for: 2 descant recorders
Item no.: 474189