“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: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237438
for: Kinderchor SSA, Sprecher, Pauken, Cymbal, Glockenspiel, Stabspiele, Hackbrett (Harfe), 2 Blockflöten (SS), Blockflöte (A), 2 Blockflöten c1, Blockflöte f, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 231345
for: Bassethorn [bass clarinet/bassoon]
Music score
Item no.: 1658186
Miserere – Evigila – Laudabo
Op. 61a
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683636
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 343034
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691952
Kantaten aus dem Osterfestkreis
for: Voice (medium), flute [violin], basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 647373
sur "Veni creator spiritus"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 624460
für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 582187
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Choir score
Item no.: 208959
Motette für 2 gemischte Chöre
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 378739
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 115648
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/13
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 116684
Oratorium in zwei Teilen
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) I/3
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöte, Blockflöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagott, Trompeten (2), Posaune, Violinen (4), Viola, Gambe, Bassi (Cello, Kontrabass, Erzlaute, Bass-Laute, Cembalo)
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 609483
for: Viola [violin/cello], string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 288399
Heart and lips, thy whole behaviour BWV 147
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223528
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 565122
Guitar Recorded Version
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 491287
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 314122
Ein Tongemälde für die Orgel
Universal Orgel Edition
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 113476
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318552
New Novello Choral Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 171516
New Novello Choral Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 144214
Novello Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322158
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 244691
Klassik
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 172312
Novello New Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 498950
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 772183
Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 635135
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646673
Das Chorwerk
for: SOLI (TB) GCH STR 2 FAG BC
Score
Item no.: 409610
Kantate am zweiten Pfingsttag
Klavierauszug
Piano reduction
Item no.: 155412
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Item no.: 490222
zu den Highlights I, II und III für Trompete
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 247993
Mini Requiem
for Tube quartet and optional countertenor
for: 4 tubas [2 euphoniums, 2 tubas]; voice (countertenor) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635790
Edition Schott
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 351912
Autorisierte Fassung für ein Tasteninstr. (Klav. / Cemb. / Org.)
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Item no.: 261019
Piano Play-Along Volume 30
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), online audio
Item no.: 431942
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 609881
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/8/2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 634125
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 2
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 561712
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 315171
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 290627
Folk aus England
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315131
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315057
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 194037
für Sopran, Alt, Streicher und Basso continuo
Breitkopf Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193960
from Requiem
for: Choir unison and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 445534