“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: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103044
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 310499
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 310477
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309507
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309385
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309168
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309164
for: Small Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662467
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649628
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649627
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649592
for: Oboe, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649591
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650247
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650236
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650234
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650185
for: Double bass, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650177
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237295
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236786
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236785
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235104
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587159
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697294
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 601648
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472590
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236162
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235546
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo, Orgel)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424543
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 617760
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233441
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343026
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1161172
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235705
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233900
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233084
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235824
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235819
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233936
for: Mixed choir, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230779
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226128
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234321
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234315
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234314
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 234313
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234311
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 293573
for: Concert band
Single part trombone [euphonium] 1
Item no.: 329687
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 774736