“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.
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236190
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236189
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230016
for: String orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229859
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 578762
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Single part Harp
Item no.: 695483
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(n)
Item no.: 424106
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Harfe ad lib, Basso continuo)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424882
per quattro cori
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424493
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280460
In Latein. War für die Abendmahlsliturgie an Weihnachten, Ostern und Pfingsten bestimmt
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280452
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 247591
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235549
aus: Magnificat - BWV 243a, 2
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
4 Instrumente colla parte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235531
Halter Music Collection 3
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 372959
Single part 3 (F)
Item no.: 372834
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1355526
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355523
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 679025
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 678036
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355398
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
1st Trombone
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 814924
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 557047
Magnifikat
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236146
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
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774743
Ave Maria Coro SATB, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb,
Stimmenset Timp, Perc
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
Single part Percussion, Kettledrums
Item no.: 672490
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 955717
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
Ein Zyklus alter Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Single part 2 (C)
Item no.: 204534
Weihnachtslieder-Potpourri
for: 4 mandolins
Single part(n)
Item no.: 243071
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1544900
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1544650
for: Handbells
Single part
Item no.: 1009998
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 458326
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: 3-stimmiger Oberchor und einstimmiger Männerchor mit Streichquartett oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545152
Bb Instruments
for: 1–3 Wind Instruments; Piano ad lib.
Single part in B-flat
Item no.: 1652904
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1647016