“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.
MH 72
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237799
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237604
Choralsonate II
Sätze: I. Concertino "Es sungen drei Engel ein süßen Gesang, II. Pastorale "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen", III. Rondo "Alle Welt springe und lobsinge"
for: Blockflötenquartett / Streichquartett, [Perc]
Single part Viola
Item no.: 424040
Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 261473
Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 261471
Single part Tenor horn 2
Item no.: 246071
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234443
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234442
für alle Gelegenheiten
for: Small wind band
Horn 2 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 289577
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772201
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 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773081
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233445
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229783
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231519
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231109
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (TT), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366523
Weihnachts-Motette
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362504
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Trombetta, Cornettto, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Basso continuo)
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424420
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385358
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385356
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235221
MH 382
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237781
Fagott / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 680441
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Viola
Item no.: 695777
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672488
für gemischten Chor (SATB), 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc
Einzelstimme Viola
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643757
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490274
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489293
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489280
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 236110
for: Voice (alto) [choir], 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229887
MH 673; Richte dich auf
Einzelstimme Kb.
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231036
Herrn Kantor Peter Drichel in Freundschaft zugeeignet
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 230817
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 679027
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679022
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355399
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 1355112
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499163
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 469374
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1647019
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1647017
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1530160
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
Item no.: 578759
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit 4 Instrumenten (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel, auch a cap.
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 204644
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 276005
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 243231
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690418