“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: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370845
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 119521
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 132447
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
Selections for mixed chorus and piano, score (en)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 414564
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627276
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423286
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 370336
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673189
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233890
50 Solo Songs for Special Occasions from Weddings to Funerals
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 562698
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 349754
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [string orchestra, piano]
Organ score
Item no.: 687237
"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
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683036
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198636
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 280494
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [6 melodic instruments, organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123417
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 624483
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 321977
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 425959
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 555512
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745224
for: Mixed choir (SSB) [male chorus (TTB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423224
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297537
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 105977
"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
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233813
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233628
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 133122
for: Soloist (soprano/mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213531
35 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758497
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 495850
Orgelbüchlein
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 577765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 464812
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321277
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 212568
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 697494
Miserere, Benedictus, Dies irae
Série IV: Motets, Volume 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 668206
for: 2 GES (CH) ORG
Item no.: 227251
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 427584
Stuttgarter Capricornus Ausgabe 38
for: GES-T (B) VL FAG BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 490220
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) EINE SINGSTIMME SINGSTIMME MIT TASTENINSTRUMENT
Item no.: 143121
for: Violin, viola
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 684853
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 295312
Oratorio
for: Soli BarBMSMezATTB, Chor SSTB, 2 Flöten, 2 Oboen, 4 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 4 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass
Piano reduction
Item no.: 226103
3 Chorale Settings - Fantasia
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 744161