“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.
Willis
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 934042
Geistliche Musik
for: SATB, Piano and Clarinet
Choir score
Item no.: 1551218
Anglo Music Play-Along
for: Tuba, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 655519
Weihnachtslied bearbeitet für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 655331
16 Duets for C Instruments
for: Flute, Oboe, Violin or C-Melody Instruments
Book
Item no.: 274170
(Cantique de Noë)
Christmas Song
for: Voice (low), organ
Music score
Item no.: 243348
Oh Holy Night!
For medium/low voice (C) and organ
for: Voice (low), organ
Score
Item no.: 243347
45 favourite Christmas Songs for Easy Piano
for: Piano
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), online audio
Item no.: 670691
Festchor zu Advent und Weihnachten
für SATB, Streicher und Orgel oder mit Orgel allein
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 633251
A Dozen a Day
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 631625
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 577683
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 325972
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1015362
in D-Dur
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 263486
for: Streichensemble
Buch
Item no.: 291272
for: Streichensemble
Buch
Item no.: 291271
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 295926
25 Famous Carols
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 473926
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 135507
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
TTBB a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429785
for: 3-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 585652
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 578123
for: Salon orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 409776
Music for Flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 172875
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293290
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679008
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 655810
Fünf leichte Arrangements für 2- bis 3-stimmigen Chor (SA oder SAM) und Klavier
Poppige Arrangements von Weihnachtsliedern
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 648689
Die Komposition ist dreisprachig
for: Solo T (Ms), Kinderchor 1stg, gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1659779
Anglo Music Play-Along
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 655522
With Online Audio
for: 5-String Banjo
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 828052
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1671911
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677337
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233438
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233095
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236133
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 150694
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 134754
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233852
Oratorio fragment
Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205752
for: Mixed choir (SSATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 864815
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 371733
The Phillip Keveren Series
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 473458
Traditional English Round for mixed choir (SAB) and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679908
Traditional Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678410
Easy Fake Book
for: Melodic instrument in C
Buch
Item no.: 799385
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 311769
24 Carols for Advent and Christmas
for mixed chorus and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 1544081