“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.
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423885
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 161479
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 635922
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 633576
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233914
Cantata for the Sunday of Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233799
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232134
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 192474
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1604
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 690355
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; percussion ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 686487
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317737
Versuch eines Requiems
for: Altstimme und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 748205
for: Combo [flute/violin/guitar/keyboard]
Realbook (C)
Item no.: 615218
ALB
Seventeen celebrated wedding songs for voice with piano accompaniment. Collected and edited by Bernard Taylor. Includes 'One Hand, One Heart' and Schubert's 'Ave Maria'.
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 179378
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317714
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
O beata et gloriosa Trinitas
Church Music Society
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893702
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684892
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 682542
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173188
Azione sacra
Erstausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237396
9 berühmte geistliche Arien neu arrangiert
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 614062
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233707
"Welcome to all the pleasures"
für 5 Solostimmen, Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 680106
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444394
(1691)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 355182
aus dem Oratorium: "Der Messias" HWV 56
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 308329
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234288
Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116735
Music for Strings
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 176724
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
for baritone and piano
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682374
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233224
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Klavierauszug mit deutschem und englischem Text
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 618712
Gesänge zur Firmung
for: Choir (1-4 voices); piano ad lib.
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 631931
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463894
for the 26th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285464
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687277
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 671434
A Resurrection Introit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1556750
Cantata for Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 424235
for SATB (with divisions) and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 679411
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 688610
from Requiem opus 48
Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 877177
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234349
Piano-Vocal-Guitar Songbook
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 607983