“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: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231517
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690460
MH 382
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237782
deutsche Textfassung
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577371
Herrn Kantor Peter Drichel in Freundschaft zugeeignet
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230815
Dialog und Verkündigung
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229807
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 236108
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236106
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Recorder 1/2
Item no.: 1549526
Horn in F / DIN A5 – Ausgabe
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 3 (F)
Item no.: 680447
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
Ausgabe für Posaunenchor
for: Brass ensemble
Single part Bass instrument (C)
Item no.: 498306
Halters Music Collection 3
Part 4 in E-flat
Item no.: 346339
Halter Music Collection 3
Part 2 B-flat
Item no.: 346332
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1662006
for: Concert band
Trumpet 2 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661978
for: Concert band
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661976
for: Voice (alto), chamber orchestra
Single part alto
Item no.: 1354926
Bläserchor 2 Posaune 2
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 1355114
BWV 197a - 197,1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1551789
Single part bass
Item no.: 957239
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230014
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Timp, Perc Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672489
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 490277
Choräle und Motetten alter Meister zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit für 5-6 stimmigen Blockflötenchor
for: Bass recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 493531
aus Fröhliche Weihnacht
for: Several instruments
Single part(n)
Item no.: 489717
A Christmas Story
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 354652
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043104
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690424
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690419
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 283446
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 768421
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 343416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 469376
for: Kontrabass, Violone
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 632124
"Siehe, ich verkündige euch große Freude" (Luk. 2, 10, 14)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 726698
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 624147
Single part
Item no.: 631791
Diabelli Anton + Schubert Franz + Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Flexible ensemble
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326111
(Alto Clef)
for: Brass band
Part (Alto Clef)
Item no.: 1655487
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1, 2
Item no.: 578759
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 578761
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
Ausgabe für Posaunenchor
for: Brass ensemble
Single part 2 (C)
Item no.: 498302
for: 2 flutes, orchestra
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 189829
Single part Organ
Item no.: 247296
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424571
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557045
Single part bass
Item no.: 956608
for: Flexible wind band
Part 4 in C (tuba)
Item no.: 446626