“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.
16 Weihnachtslieder für Hornquartett
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 146582
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 1215831
for: 2 alto saxophones, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579291
for: Trumpet or Cornet, Trombone & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579281
for: 2 Violas & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579265
for: Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579252
for: F Horn, Trombone & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579251
for: Alto Trombone, Tenor Trombone & Piano (Organ)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579249
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233061
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308733
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631406
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631383
for: 4 Violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631379
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580533
for: 5 flutes (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580529
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986600
Meine schönsten Weihnachtslieder
for: 1–2 descant recorders
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 499216
Piano, Timpani, Percussion optional
for: 8 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308933
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313931
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SA, Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058203
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058059
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SATB[OPT. 2-Part, or TRIO], Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1057500
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: SATB, Piano Or Harp and Oboe
Set of parts
Item no.: 1058462
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662688
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123590
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122746
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313904
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313896
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315121
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 328727
for: 2 trombones (C) [baritone horns]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 580682
for: 2 trumpets [flugelhorns/clarinets]
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 580680
for: Male choir
Item no.: 326363
Weihnachtslieder, Heft 2
Ensemblespiel Blockflöte
for: 3 recorders (SSS/TTT)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 326214
for: INST (GES) (2-6)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 577805
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633878
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach Lukas unter Verwendung bekannter und weniger bekannter Weihnachtslieder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 311315
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 579240
for: 5 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663858
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663849
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663029
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663022
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663009
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663008
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663004
for: 5 horns
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662997
for: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643668
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663780