“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: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1354929
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Clarino 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690459
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 631823
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489713
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489290
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489289
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 293990
Single part Guitar (solo)
Item no.: 209934
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 244703
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 242500
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 302621
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376328
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473288
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 3 in E-flat
Item no.: 460386
Choräle und Motetten alter Meister zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit für 5-6 stimmigen Blockflötenchor
for: Descant recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 580850
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578662
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578661
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603944
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772203
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in C
Item no.: 770277
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 693147
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680141
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773087
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551790
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577385
Orgel
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305683
Kantate nach einem französischen Weihnachtslied
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) mit Sopran-Solo und Streichquintett
Single part Cello
Item no.: 741490
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 343414
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 343409
Diabelli Anton + Schubert Franz + Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone 1, 2
Item no.: 347267
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 347603
for: Concert band
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661975
for: Concert band
Clarinet 1 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661988
for: Concert band
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661982
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229596
aus: Psalmi Vespertini
for: Soli (SATB, SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB, SATB), Basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 207487
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230259
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 230976
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230825
kleine Weihnachtskantate
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230494
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230453
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424841
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSTBarB, S[A]TTBarB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424839
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280456
op. 12
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235710
op. 12
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235706
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235550
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235547