“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: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582342
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230047
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677215
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229780
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in B-flat
Item no.: 770278
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424570
Weihnachtsoffertorium
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344262
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473287
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233442
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236305
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231108
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234816
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232188
Halters Music Collection 3
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 346334
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 460385
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 1 in B-flat
Item no.: 460383
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 161004
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 579306
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 1355117
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1647018
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420153
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 695778
kleine Weihnachtskantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230493
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230451
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 230342
Magnifikat, Magnificat
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230323
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Guitar and bass (single part)
Item no.: 1530161
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230838
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781074
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781071
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499166
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229595
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679026
für Harmoniemusik
Sammlung für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 207671
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 310932
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603158
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217067
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Flöte, 3 Violinen und Violoncello; Kontrabass ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1546374
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 244702
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193254
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 383823
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641225
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443945
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768420
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768418
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 957397
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043150
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 245387