“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: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273015
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239991
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239948
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 407415
for: Vocal and String Quartet
Book
Item no.: 244416
Piano reduction
Item no.: 379634
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 622836
for: für Tenor, Bariton, Männerchor (oder 3 Männerstimmen) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 113340
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 632901
for: 1–2 melodic instruments (C), piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 378300
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Organ reduction
Item no.: 122956
Scratchpad
Item no.: 649931
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 614005
for piano four hands
from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 612090
Communion
Original works and arrangements for church service and concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, 4 solo parts (C/B-flat/E-flat/F) (anthology)
Item no.: 603983
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 556528
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 274129
for: Piano
Item no.: 284280
for: Mixed choir (4–7 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119460
Choir score
Item no.: 344599
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236207
9 Verses for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 284999
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 752751
aus "Polnisches Requiem"
for: Sopran solo, gemischter Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 734287
Nr. 10 Oster-Andacht aus "Musikalische Ergetzlichkeit"
Edition Immer
Reihe IX: Werke mit Gesang
for: Voice (soprano), 2 trumpets, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 262261
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 631780
für Orgel zu 4 Händen mit Pedal
for: Organ 4 hands
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658930
Chants for The Trinity: Holy Spirit
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 425792
"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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370795
Notenhandschrift im Faksimile; Auszug aus der ersten Seite der Choralfantasie für Orgel
for: POSTKARTE ORG
Postcard
Item no.: 241857
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 268553
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6528
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6522
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1023879
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4554
for: 3 brass winds (trumpet 1 (C/B-flat), trumpet 2 [baritone horn/horn] (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), trombone [tuba] (C/B-flat))
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4048
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 477533
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 162153
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 606387
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 343195
for: Women's Choir
Score
Item no.: 495166
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 426057
Piano reduction
Item no.: 620234
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 383014
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762641
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 778428
für Soloinstrument in C (B) und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662126