The phrase "a sacred work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a piece of art, literature, or any creation that holds significant spiritual or religious importance.
Example: "The ancient manuscript is considered a sacred work, revered by scholars and worshippers alike."
Alternatives: "a holy creation" or "a divine piece".
Parenthood is a sacred work of love.
He saw Parsifal as a sacred work and expected audiences to prepare accordingly.
Softly lighted in the otherwise dim and empty church, it had the feel of a sacred work.
IGNATIUS LOYOLA Alfred Schnittke's grand and eloquent "Concerto for Choir" (a sacred work) is the highlight of a concert, conducted by Kent Tritle, that also includes a-cappella music by Ginastera and Striggio.
Watkins writes, "Both Gesualdo and Stravinsky rang down the curtain with a sacred work that resonated personally, privately, and at the same time served the potential function of a formally prescribed public ritual".
He shaped the "Laudate Pueri" with the impetuousness you might expect in a Monteverdi madrigal more than in a sacred work, but that made all the difference: this setting of Psalm 112 should have an ecstatic undercurrent.
Having already written two substantive works for this inimitable ensemble, he conceived this symphony as a humanistic sacred work for four voices (countertenor, two tenors and baritone) and full orchestra.
The second movement came across like a theological discourse, with the orchestra making grave unison forebodings that could have come from a Baroque sacred work, and Mr. Buchbinder answering with poignant, hushed, choralelike phrases, as if to suggest that there might be, after all, a more hopeful way to cope.
A religious strain can be detected in such major works as the operatic oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927), which uses a libretto in Latin, and the cantata Symphony of Psalms (1930), an overtly sacred work that is based on biblical texts.
The main item on the concert, Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater," is a stone masterpiece, a forward-looking sacred work from the end of the young composer's life (1736) whose lilting melodies and emotional fervor seem to cry out for a larger ensemble and modern instruments.
In three subsequent videos that will appear over the next week or so, I will play and analyze other moments: one from a song; one from a 20th-century sacred work; and two from operas.
