“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.: 1359658
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1359576
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229712
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229711
for: 2 Violinen und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum (solistisch oder chorisch)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 741684
for: 2 Violinen und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum (solistisch oder chorisch)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 748405
Weihnachtskantate für Bariton solo, gem Chor und Streicher
Telemann-Archiv: Stuttgarter Ausgabe 119
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234567
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229713
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 738900
Weihnachtskantate
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234569
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229710
3.Stimme Eb (Altsaxophon, Horn)
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Part 3 in E-flat (alto saxophone / horn)
Item no.: 333596
Weihnachtskantate
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234568
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229714
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685601
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 807311
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 810359
Single part Horn
Item no.: 1106914
for: Singstimmen, Blockflöten, Violinen und Schlagzeug
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 355407
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 809457
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 1106932
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 1106766
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 811989
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 814215
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 692761
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 805584
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 806805
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 1106772
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 814434
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 809646
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 805909
Single part bass
Item no.: 802801
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 814432
Single part Horn
Item no.: 810713
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 810525
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 1107100
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672156
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690448
for: Brass band
Single part Euphonium in C
Item no.: 1655481
for: Brass band
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 1655490
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 293990
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578662
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578661
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773087
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 209934
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376328
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473288
Diabelli Anton + Schubert Franz + Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone 1, 2
Item no.: 347267