“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 (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361334
Koerblad 128
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 345274
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816610
for: Classical guitar [acoustic guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 777259
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 775699
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815046
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 814778
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814582
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814574
for: 3-Part Treble
Choir score
Item no.: 798651
for: Unison/2-Part Voices, Orff Instruments and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 798479
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798422
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 458502
for: Soprano and Piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 345381
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808579
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803622
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807007
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804312
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804248
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804241
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 804102
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804012
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 805467
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804485
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815150
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812140
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811207
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 811180
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811095
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807566
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807539
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807519
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 809282
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809044
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809875
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809774
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810190
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151628
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat)
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 655235
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 944632
for: Trumpet (C), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 276186
for: PICC-TRP (A/C/G) KLAV
Item no.: 225841
for: Guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 817926
Hal Leonard Instrume
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 655125
for: 3 alphorns, narrator
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1549954
for: 5 voices (TTBarBarB) [Male choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671073