“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.
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 257969
for: Soli (TTB), Männerchor (TTB), [2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen]
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Item no.: 238072
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 237755
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, Orgel]
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Item no.: 236284
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
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Item no.: 235560
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATBBB), orchestra
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Item no.: 235226
for: Mixed choir (SATB), melody instrument (C/B-flat), piano
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Item no.: 664224
for unaccompanied chorus (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 675385
for: Brass ensemble
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Item no.: 668719
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
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Item no.: 647192
for: Children's choir, flute, organ; the parish ad lib.
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Item no.: 430811
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 425263
for: Solo T, Chor SATB, SATB, Kontrabass, Orgel
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Item no.: 425174
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423837
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423701
for: 2 GES-H (SS) ORCH
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Item no.: 582196
for: STR (BL/KLAV)
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Item no.: 371726
for: Soli / Chor SSB, Orgel
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Item no.: 344539
for: Organ
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Item no.: 340187
for: GES-H 2 VL BC
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Item no.: 340089
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 380811
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
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Item no.: 347313
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 381794
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 381406
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 660930
for: Voice, organ
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Item no.: 660518
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 660425
for: Accordion orchestra
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Item no.: 659738
for: 3 soloists (TBarBar), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 659665
for: Voice (soprano), organ
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Item no.: 457471
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 470363
for: Mixed choir (SATB), timpani, organ; brass quintet ad lib.
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Item no.: 929093
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), orchestra
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Item no.: 216086
for: Symphonic orchestra
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Item no.: 209455
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 167036
for: SOLI GCH STR
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Item no.: 165443
for: Mixed choir, instruments
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Item no.: 163648
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
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Item no.: 156730
for: Soloists, mixed choir, ensemble, organ
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Item no.: 184760
for: Soloists (SATB), mixed choir, string-instrument, basso continuo
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Item no.: 184305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), narrator, oboe, strings
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Item no.: 181693
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, Orgel
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Item no.: 229975
for: Three mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 229918
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 226191
for: Singstimme (S), 4 Instrumente, Kontrabass, Orgel
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Item no.: 232038
for: 3 GES (ATB) BC
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Item no.: 365331
for: Organ
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Item no.: 297940
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 336106