“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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634824
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 631030
for: Baritone, SATB and Chamber Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 624577
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 159013
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ (manuals)
Score
Item no.: 685973
Fantasy on a Gregorian melody
for Brass Trio
for: Trumpet, horn, trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680926
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645288
for: KLAR (A-SAX)
Item no.: 285905
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 298745
for: KA / SOLO CHOR ORCH
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175815
for: Kinderchor, Instrument
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117194
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117146
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117145
for Soprano solo, Mixed Choir (SATB) and String Orchestra
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Piano reduction
Item no.: 679268
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673122
for: Voices [children's choir], instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 413274
for: Sopran Solo, Bariton Solo, gemischter Chor und Orchester (Flöte, Oboe, Englischhorn, Fagott, 2 Hörner in F, Cembalo, Streicher)
Harmoniestimmen
Item no.: 632413
for: Flute
Ensemble score
Item no.: 476653
for: Clarinet (B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 745126
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 745125
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 622371
for: 3 soloists (ATB) [mixed choir (4 voices)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 691120
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689307
for: Mixed choir (3–5 parts) a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 673626
for: 2 Singstimmen, Knabenchor, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 467932
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Music score
Item no.: 343067
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 613609
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195524
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 406828
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 338464
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 693436
for: Gesang, Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115676
for: 1. Tenor solo, 2. Tenor solo (1. Viola, 2. Viola), Bass solo (Cello)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 367178
for: Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132593
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116503
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765664
for: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Alt-Blockflöten (3), Trompeten (2), Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116734
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116698
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 646269
for: Bassi
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 646009
Collection of First Editions
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 475503
for: 3-5-stimmiger gemischter Chor
Score
Item no.: 497343
for: GCH GEMEINDE INST
Score
Item no.: 580445
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 580056
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 292314
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284392
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 286058
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285479