“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.
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624146
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 469378
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Trombetta, Cornettto, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Basso continuo)
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 424422
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344550
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236192
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236191
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231513
Magnifikat in A
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237409
Magnifikat in A
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237406
op. 12
Einzelstimme Vc.
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235709
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235219
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236788
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489707
für gem Chor, Horn, 2 Violinen und Bc
Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623254
Pastorella
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212001
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 244981
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376327
Baritonsaxophon / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 3 in E-flat
Item no.: 680442
KV 193
Einzelstimme Org.
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 226130
Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt in leichten Sätzen
for: Brass ensemble
Single parts Trumpets (B-flat)
Item no.: 1633862
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
for: Small wind band
Part 3 in E-flat (horn / alto saxophone)
Item no.: 498291
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772205
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 693148
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489715
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Women's choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489710
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489285
Weihnachtskonzert
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231029
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230711
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 232092
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 232091
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355525
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355524
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354931
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354928
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781072
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236105
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489284
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489282
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230487
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229601
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230015
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235068
Horn in F
for: 1–3 Wind Instruments; Piano ad lib.
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 1652902
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Single part 5 B-flat (tuba)
Item no.: 672160
for: Concert band
Clarinet 2 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661987
for: Concert band
Horn 1 in F (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661984
Tenorsaxophon / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 680416
for: Kinderchor oder Frauenchor (SSAA), gemischter Chor (SATB), Violine und Orgel; Pauke ad libitum
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1545352