“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: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360116
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360115
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1365854
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671040
The Splendor of Christmas
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1070475
Englisches Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016502
Away in a Manger
for: Brass Band and Cornet[s]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1143885
for: Handbells [3-5]
Single edition
Item no.: 913942
for: Mixed Choir [SAB] and Narrator
Choir score
Item no.: 1115961
for: Handbells [3-5]
Single edition
Item no.: 1117053
for: Flötentrio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1191370
for: Brass Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915699
Book
Item no.: 1132674
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115643
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 635154
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1590848
Orchestra Set C
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1077339
Noel Nouvelet
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041402
14 melodies
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1112859
for: Flexible wind band
Single part 4 (C) [Bass instrument/Trombone/Baritone horn]
Item no.: 446097
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
PART / KA / KOPIE
Item no.: 153583
for: Mixed choir, piano
Organ score
Item no.: 153190
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 155452
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 213895
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 207596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 209839
for: Horn, organ
AUSGABE IN ES
Item no.: 487094
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 459652
for: HRN (F INST)
Item no.: 150540
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 152313
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 312719
for: Handbells [3-6]
Single edition
Item no.: 913992
for: GES-M GCH
Item no.: 278084
Audio-CD
Item no.: 215609
for: Concert band
Item no.: 140453
Audio-CD
Item no.: 155143
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149483
for: Mixed choir (ATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458948
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 184321
for: Organ
Item no.: 656995
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 169986
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669512
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669513
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669514
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669517
Griechisches Weihnachtslied
for: Children's choir [women's choir], orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016514
for: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1591158
for: Flute, Clarinet and Piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1320600