“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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 611165
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 264685
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2396
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5320
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1886
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1871
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4407
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4406
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4165
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3039
for: Trumpet (C) [oboe], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2714
for: BAMBUS-FL STR
Score
Item no.: 130068
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648729
for: GCH (SATB) STR
Score
Item no.: 409577
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 580443
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 413290
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6813
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6014
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 112877
for: Brass winds, percussion
Score
Item no.: 479251
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 312364
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATBarB), baroque orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161756
for Solo Voices, Choir and Orchestra
Mozarts Fragment completed by Franz Xaver Süßmayr
New edition based on original sources
KV 626 / SmWV 105
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432924
Piano reduction
Item no.: 148993
Motette
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755657
Cantata for Pentecost
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1633836
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 361446
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 667281
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1415
for: GES-T STR ORG
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285122
for: GCH (SATB) ORCH ORG
Study score
Item no.: 287189
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 207530
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173184
for: Solo voice (high), choir (one voice), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1114
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543663
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321826
Classic collection for trombone and piano
Version with online audio
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 633284
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321928
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317740
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 369456
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 493520
for: 6 Trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 342931
for: Voice (high)
Book
Item no.: 460946
for: Guitar
Solostimme
Item no.: 243129
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777741
for: SSA Organ Accompaniment
Choir score
Item no.: 242040
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 492921
for: 3 Singstimmen (S/S/A) oder Kinderchor (Frauenchor) und Orgel
Partitur
Item no.: 602635