“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.
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774741
Bass Clef Instruments
for: 1–3 Wind Instruments; Piano ad lib.
Part (Bass Clef)
Item no.: 1652901
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
A 8 voci con 6 vel 10 istromenti SV (1640)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 647103
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 104278
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230450
Magnifikat, Magnificat
for: Voice (alto), organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230321
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229597
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235544
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235540
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235095
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violoncello/Kontrabass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672491
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 4 in C
Item no.: 460387
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679024
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Bassoon 2
Item no.: 1355118
Bläserchor 1 Posaune 1
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 1355113
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Bassoon 1
Item no.: 1355111
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 melodic instruments, organ; bass ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231021
Weihnachtskantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230736
Weihnachtskantate
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230735
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 695781
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489711
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489295
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489291
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489286
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 343418
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Cello
Item no.: 354654
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237601
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673758
for: Frauenchor (SSAA) mit Sopran-Solo und Streichquintett
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 243235
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 816596
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 1557441
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1641221
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 956019
Single part Tenor Saxophone
Item no.: 955809
Single part Horn
Item no.: 957464
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 371086
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 371085
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443946
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043148
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680145
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 624286
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 243066
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577391
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577373
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 581173
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 748356
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 748355