“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.
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280452
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355398
aus: Magnificat (Fassung in Es-Dur)
Originale Besetzung durch zwei Querflöten, Orgel und Bc
for: Recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231105
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235549
Bb Instruments
for: 1–3 Wind Instruments; Piano ad lib.
Single part in B-flat
Item no.: 1652904
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232094
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236104
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234827
Arie aus der Weihnachtskantate "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"
Violoncello / Kontrabass
for: Voice (alto), chamber ensemble
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234078
Weihnachtskonzert
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231028
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230975
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230837
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230710
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230488
for: String orchestra
Percussion 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1662010
for: Concert band
Baritone horn, bass clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661992
for: Concert band
Percussion 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661981
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1647016
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Single part Harp
Item no.: 695483
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1544650
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545152
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1544900
Abendsegen und Traumpantomime aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 731816
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Single part 2 (C)
Item no.: 204534
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 458326
Single part Organ
Item no.: 149314
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 814924
Single part Flute
Item no.: 956529
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 955717
for: Handbells
Single part
Item no.: 1009998
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 333856
Musik aus der Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Solothurn Band 4
für Soli, gem Chor, 2 Clarinen, 2 Violinen und Bc (Orgel) Orgel
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 687314
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 695491
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690449
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 189107
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424115
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Trombetta, Cornettto, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Basso continuo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424418
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 126835
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 217047
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773085
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231522
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231516
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231426
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 347605
for: Youth string orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334897
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233444
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra
Single part voice
Item no.: 649263
for: Descant recorder
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 446825