“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.
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
50 Solo Songs for Special Occasions from Weddings to Funerals
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 562698
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 478096
Englische Chormusik aus fünf Jahrhunderten
deutsch / englisch (Paperback)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 376463
Songs For Funeral Services
Parts in Bb, in Eb and in C–bass clef
for: Voice [melodic instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low)], piano [guitar/keyboard/organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 665906
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
für Sopransolo, gemischten Chor und kleines Orchester (Orgel) Vokalpartitur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [6 melodic instruments, organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123417
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 624483
The rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 132447
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423286
Intermediate Level Piano Duets
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 487974
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 155427
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137089
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550475
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 425902
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 232735
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
Eine Kantate für: Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor, KInderchor, Klavier, Streicher, Schlagzeug und Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663105
Traditional version (1739/1749)
BWV 245
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613071
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233890
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 464812
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 133122
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 241833
Gesänge zur Firmung
– Staffelpreise auf Anfrage –
for: Choir (1-4 voices); piano ad lib.
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 631931
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686996
Easy Piano Vocal Selections
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 274183
Englische Chormusik aus 5 Jahrhunderten
deutsch/englisch (Spiralbindung)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 472175
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 416817
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321277
Canticles and Responses
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 586762
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444394
Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces
Grades 1 & 2
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 635972
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137061
Come Thou the world's Redeemer
Kantate (1. Advent)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285456
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285525
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674664
"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
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
am Palmsonntag oder am Fest Mariae Verkündigung
Piano reduction
Item no.: 155416
for voice and piano
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 416818
Kantate zum 1. Pfingstfesttag (Pfingstsonntag)
2. Fassung 1731
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285560
Cantata for the Sunday of Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233800
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 487589
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 408880
35 Beautiful Pieces
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 758497
Mass ordinary and Latin 9th century "Veni Creator Spiritus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [string orchestra, piano]
Organ score
Item no.: 687237
First Edition
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 154584