“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.
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489294
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489288
Sinfonische Kantate
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 649103
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237466
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557044
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
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499165
für Harmoniemusik
Sammlung für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Single part Horn 3 (E-flat)
Item no.: 218377
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 343410
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 814531
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632126
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443799
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 4
Item no.: 220645
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043156
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 335122
Christmas music
for three-part chorus, two violins and basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 190590
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 875511
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543987
for: 2 Violinen und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum (solistisch oder chorisch)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 748406
Weihnachtsmesse (liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SSATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 750151
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784834
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1662008
for: Concert band
Baritone horn, treble clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661990
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499744
Einzelstimme Alt in F
for: Brass band
Single part alto
Item no.: 1655482
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455937
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455936
aus: Magnificat - BWV 243a, 2
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
4 Instrumente colla parte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235531
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 677210
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 1)
Item no.: 773082
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 247591
MH 673; Richte dich auf
Einzelstimme Hr. 1
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 231037
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236308
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236190
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236189
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230016
for: String orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229859
per quattro cori
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424493
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 578762
Trompete 1 in B / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 1 in B-flat
Item no.: 680419
Posaune / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 680448
for: Youth string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334896
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371368
Halter Music Collection 3
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 372959
Single part 3 (F)
Item no.: 372834
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 557047
Magnifikat
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236146
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb,
Stimmenset Timp, Perc
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Single part Percussion, Kettledrums
Item no.: 672490
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774743