“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.
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229711
Weihnachtskantate für Bariton solo, gem Chor und Streicher
Telemann-Archiv: Stuttgarter Ausgabe 119
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234567
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229713
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 738900
Weihnachtskantate
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234569
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229710
3.Stimme Eb (Altsaxophon, Horn)
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Part 3 in E-flat (alto saxophone / horn)
Item no.: 333596
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 685601
Weihnachtskantate
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234568
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229714
Rubank
Single part Horn
Item no.: 1106914
Christmas Carol from Czechoslovakia
for: Singstimmen, Blockflöten, Violinen und Schlagzeug
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 355407
Easy Marching Band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 807311
Easy Marching Band
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 810359
Easy Marching Band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 809457
Rubank
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 1106932
Rubank
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 1106766
Easy Marching Band
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 811989
Easy Marching Band
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 814215
Rubank
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 1106772
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 692761
Easy Marching Band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 806805
Easy Marching Band
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 805584
Easy Marching Band
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 809646
Easy Marching Band
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 805909
Easy Marching Band
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 814434
Easy Marching Band
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 814432
Easy Marching Band
Single part bass
Item no.: 802801
Rubank
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 1107100
Easy Marching Band
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 810525
Easy Marching Band
Single part Horn
Item no.: 810713
op. 54
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 752326
Weihnachtskantate
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Flöte, 3 Violinen und Violoncello; Kontrabass ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 781971
Trompete in B / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 2 B-flat
Item no.: 680424
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672156
for: Brass band
Single part Euphonium in C
Item no.: 1655481
op. 54
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 730086
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690448
Eine Sammlung von 40 der bekanntesten Weihnachtslieder
for: Violine und Klavier, erweiterbar durch Ergänzungsstimmen bis zum Quartett
Single part Cello
Item no.: 743507
Tenorhorn / Baritonhorn in B / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2-x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 1 in B-flat
Item no.: 680435
Single part Viola
Item no.: 955672
op. 54
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 730090
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355401
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
(2 Violinen und Kontrabass ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673757
Tenorhorn / Baritonhorn in B / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 680439
for: Brass band
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 1655490
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Bassoon 1, 2
Item no.: 695776
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543988