“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.
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233627
Reconstruction by Klaus Hofmann
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1316882
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683064
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 234647
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 190735
from the 'Messiah'
HWV 56, No. 36
Urtext Stuttgarter Handel-Editions
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665335
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
9 berühmte geistliche Arien neu arrangiert
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 614062
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 635922
for: Combo [flute/violin/guitar/keyboard]
Realbook (C)
Item no.: 615218
for: Alto Saxophone, Bariton Saxophone or Eb Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 173230
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 618712
Versuch eines Requiems
for: Altstimme und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 748205
for baritone and piano
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682374
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893702
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687277
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 192474
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 671434
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 179378
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317737
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317714
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; percussion ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 686487
Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116735
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444394
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 308329
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 690355
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 355182
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173188
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 176724
for the 26th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285464
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423885
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234288
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233914
Cantata for the Sunday of Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233799
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233707
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232134
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 161479
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463894
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 682542
for: Choir (1-4 voices); piano ad lib.
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 631931
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 633576
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233224
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237396
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681004