“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: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 632901
Choir score
Item no.: 344599
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 622836
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Organ reduction
Item no.: 122956
9 Verses for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 284999
for: GES-H (T) BL STR BC
Score
Item no.: 601911
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471247
for: Organ
Item no.: 338867
for piano four hands
from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 612090
Dona nobis pacem
Chorale Cantata
Version for choir and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 627284
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6808
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 556528
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 274129
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 302269
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237564
Communion
Original works and arrangements for church service and concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, 4 solo parts (C/B-flat/E-flat/F) (anthology)
Item no.: 603983
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273015
for: Vocal and String Quartet
Book
Item no.: 244416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687399
for: Singstimme (mittel), (MEZZ), Streichquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 584387
for: für Tenor, Bariton, Männerchor (oder 3 Männerstimmen) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 113340
for: Piano
Item no.: 284280
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 285866
Nr. 10 Oster-Andacht aus "Musikalische Ergetzlichkeit"
Edition Immer
Reihe IX: Werke mit Gesang
for: Voice (soprano), 2 trumpets, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 262261
für Orgel zu 4 Händen mit Pedal
for: Organ 4 hands
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658930
Chants for The Trinity: Holy Spirit
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 425792
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370795
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 268553
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 606387
Piano reduction
Item no.: 620234
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762641
für Soloinstrument in C (B) und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662126
for: Voice (tenor), flute, organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 635511
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 183419
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117693
Choralvorspiele und Orgelchoräle Band 3: Ostern, Himmelfahrt, Pfingsten, Michaelis
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 726981
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4554
for: 3 brass winds (trumpet 1 (C/B-flat), trumpet 2 [baritone horn/horn] (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), trombone [tuba] (C/B-flat))
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4048
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6528
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6522
Notenhandschrift im Faksimile; Auszug aus der ersten Seite der Choralfantasie für Orgel
for: POSTKARTE ORG
Postcard
Item no.: 241857
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 391765
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 580566
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 426057
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 430483
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368345
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 301588