Passiontide and Easter

Passiontide and Easter

Are you still looking for something at short notice for the musical organization of the Passion and Easter season? We will be happy to support you. Whether you are looking for shorter works from our Carus choral collections that can be rehearsed with little effort, selected motets in different styles and levels of difficulty or organ works to accompany the service - you will find what you are looking for at Carus!

  • Choral Works for Lent and Passiontide

    Here, we have listed some Passiontide works from our catalog which are straightforward to perform. There will certainly be a surprise or two for you here: unaccompanied compositions and works with small instrumental forces, easy level of difficulty and works with challenges for experienced small ensembles, unknown works, short durations ...

  • Shorter Works for Passiontide and Easter

    You don’t always have to perform a complete Passion setting in a Passiontide concert or service. For that reason you can find a compilation here of shorter compositions for different scorings, of between one and five minutes’ duration for Passiontide and Easter. All the works listed are available as printed or digital single editions, and also in our popular Carus choral collections.

  • Motets for Passion and Easter

    From Gregorio Allegri to John Høybye and Ko Matsushita, from the 17th century to contemporary choral music: we’ve put together a selection of motets for Passiontide and Easter, featuring a range of differing styles, levels of difficulty and instrumentation. 

  • Organ Works for Passiontide and Easter

    Here you will find a compilation of organ works for the Passion and Easter seasons in separate editions and organ collections. Many of the works are liturgically bound, such as the chorale preludes to the Gotteslob, but we also present unbound compositions such as the slow movements from Beethoven's piano sonatas arranged for organ and chamber music which, due to their mood.