“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: Voice and Organ
Book
Item no.: 466047
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 446297
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 291330
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 327608
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 259135
for: 2 voices (SA), basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 648162
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 211972
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 555998
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 550487
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 797006
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 463575
for: Soprano and Tenor Voice, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 562822
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 216844
for: 2 violins, organ [piano]
Piano reduction, 2 Parts
Item no.: 176634
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 212642
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 101202
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 195605
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 256678
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 324394
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 317093
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 630779
for: SOLI (SB) 2 VL VA (VC) BC
Score
Item no.: 552266
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 495057
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 492897
Score
Item no.: 560017
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 577835
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 577042
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 564144
for: Brass ensemble (12 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345539
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 267869
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679075
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 155302
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256209
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 586847
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 260262
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 264629
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 315564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 550102
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 257969
for: Soli (TTB), Männerchor (TTB), [2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen]
Score
Item no.: 238072
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 237755
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, Orgel]
Score
Item no.: 236284
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235560
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATBBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235226
for: Mixed choir (SATB), melody instrument (C/B-flat), piano
Score
Item no.: 664224
for unaccompanied chorus (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 675385
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 668719
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 647192