“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: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 862183
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Part 2 in B-flat high (clarinet)
Item no.: 602293
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 578591
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Part 1 in C (oboe / trumpet)
Item no.: 578564
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187742
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158231
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171753
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648480
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 611487
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644345
for: Chor (SMezA) mit Unterstimme (Bar) und Instrumenten (Bfl., Git., Klar., Trp., Vc. ad libitum, Stabsp. und Schlgz.)
Choir score
Item no.: 218421
Set of parts
Item no.: 189446
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156716
for: Unison and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158317
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159515
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159250
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159956
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984809
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985306
for: Instrumental parts
Score, Parts
Item no.: 985137
for: Unison or 2-part Vocal
Choir score
Item no.: 985031
for: 3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Einzelstimme (Klarinette 2)
Item no.: 913415
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764115
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1627477
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845852
for: für 1- und 2-stimmigen Chor und Klavier
Piano score
Item no.: 1135478
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1684855
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 1681447
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1133347
3-5 Octaves of Handbells
for: Handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1123885
for: Handbells [3]
Single edition
Item no.: 1099607
for: Cor Anglais
Book
Item no.: 1141919
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1593684
Geistliche Musik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1100357
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Book
Item no.: 1191522
Geistliche Musik
for: Handbells [3-5]
Book
Item no.: 1325928
for: Children's Choir and Brass Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089183
für gemischten Chor (SAM/SATB), Gemeinde und Orgel
Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685055
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed Choir [SSATB], Harp and Oboe
Choir score
Item no.: 938316
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1328116
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330519
A Christmas Cantata
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1085737
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 997520
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998523
Baritone Bb
for: Brass band
Single part Baritone horn (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657948
for: Women's Choir and Organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645426
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202432
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915249