“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: Piano
Item no.: 312363
Psalm 121,1-3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725801
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 466892
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 289885
for: Soli (ABar/TB), Chorsoli (SAT), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Score
Item no.: 181804
for: Mixed choir, piano
Chorbuch (Spiralbindung)
Item no.: 479692
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 5892
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4766
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 voices], organ
Score
Item no.: 4589
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3554
for: Violin [flute/oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1063
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 327301
for: Voice (alto), string orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 191837
for: Soloist, Choir and Organ
Book
Item no.: 361829
for: Organ
Item no.: 193822
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 205041
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 292317
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239986
for: Voice (high), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 289681
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 185471
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 241265
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 344592
for: 2 voices (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 486710
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634432
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234930
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 270562
Orchestral version of 1785
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196669
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 136945
First critical edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ [harmonium] ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684481
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 116764
Score
Item no.: 152742
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233049
for vocal duet and piano (low key)
for: 2 voices (medium, low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 611104
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 549366
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/5 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 215847
Piano reduction
Item no.: 424915
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659209
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 763305
for: 2 voices (SA), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154250
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 560282
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472995
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667562
Repertoire Explorer 911
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 690326
Vier Kontrabässe
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Item no.: 188444
Neue Orgelpräludien und Begleitsätze zu ausgewählten Kirchenliedern
ortus organum 21
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1023699
Kantate zu Mariae Reinigung
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 619151
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 637357