“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.
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233081
Offertorium
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 voices (SS), string orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237307
Offertorium
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 voices (SS), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237305
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236792
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236784
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234192
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229963
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 797078
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, timpani, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160933
Weihnachtslied aus der Bretagne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136798
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1641220
Jan Willems Special Edition
for: Voice, wind ensemble
Item no.: 314297
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309680
for: Several instruments
Item no.: 581083
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579706
14 melodies
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 377989
for: 3 voices, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 308248
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644345
Audio-CD
Item no.: 609434
BWV 36 / 140 /172
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119167
Epistelmotette zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115414
Audio-CD
Item no.: 159397
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672155
Geistliche Musik
for: High and Medium Voice and Piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 961460
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 957086
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996263
Unison/2-Part
for: Unison or 2-part Vocal
Choir score
Item no.: 985031
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed Choir [SAB] and Ensemble
Choir score
Item no.: 916559
Streichorchester
Partitur
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 894743
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647610
The Splendor of Christmas
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 956572
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1647341
Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 866608
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342187
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: SSA, Piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057985
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121489
GIA Christmas
for: Unison and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158317
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041352
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1069756
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1123999
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 227894
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023363
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023355
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022373
Festival Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813221
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811722
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811323
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810739