“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: Soli (SB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Score
Item no.: 230971
"in nativitate Domini"
Orchestral version
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 237545
for: Männerchor (TTB), [2 Hörner, 3 Posaunen]
Score
Item no.: 237340
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236160
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 233896
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 192752
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 189351
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 201182
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920232
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891330
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639283
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 975973
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 975865
for: Percussion ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1643700
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 470988
for: Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 292565
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1004315
Choir score
Item no.: 611383
for: 3 TRP (HRN/POS/THRN)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 283278
for: Piano
Item no.: 171069
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1613193
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1336934
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (3), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1337350
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338530
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338339
for: SA, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338291
for: 2 voices, organ
Score
Item no.: 1203047
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338041
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338001
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337993
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339594
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339482
for: SAB
Score
Item no.: 1656143
for: Choir (1–2 parts), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 1633849
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1373229
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1371945
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1371092
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1371901
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1372922
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1372848
for: Choral Pax
Score
Item no.: 1372827
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1372447
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1367401
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1368949
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1368935
for: Choral Pax
Score
Item no.: 1368815
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1368149
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1367818