“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: Flexible string ensemble(4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210160
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210374
Variations
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734618
(Chile)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756220
from Oratorio de Noël
for: Symphonic Band and Choir Ad Lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198615
Mélodie religieuse adaptée au 1er Prélude de J.S. Bach
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750550
for: 2-Part Mixed
Choir score
Item no.: 855040
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751092
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341792
für (Tenor-)Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 1664988
De Haske Choral Series
for: SATB and Children's Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888320
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125741
for: Violinduo
Buch
Item no.: 1073012
Choral
for: 2-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1656914
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: SATB, Guitar, Violin and Percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1126199
GIA Christmas
for: Unison Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158162
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 911043
Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124444
Brass Quintet (opt. Percussion)
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816288
(with Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815895
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1104968
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Strings
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077927
Christmas tree decoration
Item no.: 683104
from The Voices of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126729
incorporating Deck the Halls and Ding Dong Merrily On High
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125500
for: Handbells
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919590
Hymnen und Choräle
CD
Item no.: 858899
für Orchester
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 1592481
for: 2 trombones [cellos]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4789
No. 3. Green Grow'th the Holly
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077623
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816373
for: Children's Chorus or solo Treble Voice, SATB, Brass Quartet and Piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1038505
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916929
Imitatorische Motette (14. Jh.)
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746802
Marchons, Marchons Gaiement, Joseph Tu Es Bien Joyeux
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072746
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214226
Edition Alfonso
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 738864
de Nativitate Circumsione et Epifania Domini
aus: Musici Operis
Prag, 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6084
Choralvorspiel, op. 16, Nr. 35
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4464
Traditional
for: 4 oboes, 2 cors anglais, 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677924
GIA Christmas
for: SATB with divisi and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149641
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1022167
Krippenspiel – Weihnachtsmusical
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 690951
Christmas tree decoration
Item no.: 683108
for: Melody instrument (B-flat)
Book
Item no.: 1117482
Part 2 In E-Flat
for: Flexible ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1142837
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125878
(with Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815893