A specific tone may call one to an awareness of the holy, make the holy present, and produce an experience of the holy.
It sounds a bit strange, and so it turns out in Jane Campion's Holy Smoke, presented at Venice as one of the big events of this year's festival.
But when the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity presented an all-Taverner concert last year, the composer said that his doctor prohibited him from trans-Atlantic travel because of his health.
Caracci's painting takes a more-cautious approach to the notion of holy poverty, presenting a vision of the blessed Virgin intended to awe and inspire the mass of poor pilgrims flooding into Rome at the turn of the 16th century—and, by implication, to keep them in their place.
If you're the type of man who alphabetises his trainer collection or arranges his vinyls by the director of the accompanying video, listen up: each pair is a holy artefact, presented in a wooden box and accompanied by a book all about the dry selvage fabric from which that pair is made.
Tori Kelly whiffed too in "O Holy Night," presented for some reason as a turgid alternative-rock tune.
When Monsignor Dan Mayall, pastor of Holy Name, presented George with a bound collection of letters written by parishioners to the outgoing archbishop, the packed church rose in a standing ovation.
In the performance, programmed by Trajal Harrell, Ms. Velez-Jackson reprises "Making Ends Meet" and presents "Holy Now!," a satirical look at religion and the cult of personality.
"In the name of God and justice," reads another, in English, "do not make our Holy Land a present to Albanians".
