“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: 3 Violinen und Basso continuo oder Streichorchester
Stimmensatz solistisch
Item no.: 756861
for: Voice (soprano), strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1677846
Musica con clarino Band 47a
for: Voice (high), trumpet, violin, cello, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778044
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon, basso continuo [organ]
Viola 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664354
in der Bearbeitung von Karl Paulke (1921)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 772958
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part Violin
Item no.: 916366
für flexibles Ensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663529
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 781379
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651612
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308712
über die gregorianische Melodie
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308582
aus dem Oratorium "Cäcilienode", gem Chor, Orch. oder Klav. , Sopr. -Solo
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308339
für gem. Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308315
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455694
for: SAX QUARTETT (AATT/AAAT/SATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 167347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 458941
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458942
für Solostimmen (SATB), Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo (Theorbe / Orgel)
Singpartitur (= Klavierauszug)
for: Soloists (SATB), mixed choir, string-instrument, basso continuo
Vocal score
Item no.: 184325
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 443983
für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Violine 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676581
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 265499
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 296086
Kantate Nr.80 BWV80 Orgel
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1652474
Bibliothek Alter Musik Bam 126
for: 8 INST (GES) (SATB SATB)
Item no.: 341634
Score
Item no.: 340893
Voces y Organo o Armonio
Item no.: 340840
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 347376
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658380
Kantate
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 1658367
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 1657205
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 1664309
Offertorium zum Pfingstsonntag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 498914
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 559997
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232699
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236244
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236698
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 142062
for: Singstimme (B), 2 Zinken / 2 Violinen, Basso continuo, [Violone, (Fagott)]
Score
Item no.: 229799
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gemeinde, 5 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen
Score
Item no.: 230833
nicht lieferbar für Frankreich
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 224143
Eines der ergreifenden späten Kirchenwerke des gefeierten Opernkomponisten
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 238149
for: 4 Trompete, / Klarinette /HRN) Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 342079
Psalm 129. Motet à grand choeur
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 655894
Musica sacra des 19. Jahrhunderts
Band III
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 648442
nicht lieferbar für Frankreich
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 361587
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 643608
for: Solo S, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb
Set of parts
Item no.: 640899
Version Hellmann/Glöckner
Edition published in cooperation with the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, reconstructed version (2001)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234115