“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: SATB divisi a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 584974
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 611236
for: Male choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 188927
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 199855
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 326317
for: Trompeten (2), Posaunen (2), Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 428794
for: Celli (4-5)
Sammelband (Stimmensatz)
Item no.: 394724
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 148626
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 226072
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 430406
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237867
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 101200
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 694159
for: Zither (3 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 147850
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 172389
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397394
Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 463226
WAB 38
for Soli, mixed choir and orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683386
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1702359
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 347461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 322056
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 189436
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 765840
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 300349
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 301423
for: Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673073
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 609581
for: Harp or Harps
Score
Item no.: 376037
from 'Scenes of Childhood'
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 752833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 649139
for: SOLI (SATB) GCH ORCH (+ ORG)
Score
Item no.: 184312
for: 2 VL 2 VA VDG ORG
Ensemble score
Item no.: 146661
for: Oboe [2 Oboi] [Corno Inglese] E Pf.
Score
Item no.: 388641
for: Trompete und Klavier oder Orgel
Book
Item no.: 300231
for: 1–2 accordions
Music score
Item no.: 603240
Arranged for piano by Lawrence Rosen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 185528
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 339187
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 495318
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1639180
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552045
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 622036
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 768076
Piano reduction, Vocal score
Item no.: 157954
for violin solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 658412
for: Tenor, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 641376
for: Solo (Sopran), gemischter Chor (SATB), Solo-Instrument (Violine oder Flöte) und Orgel oder Ensemble (Streicher)
Organ reduction
Item no.: 618494