“Hymns and Homages”: Vocal Arts Ensemble
Ben Cohen directs this local 24-voice choir in a program featuring Caroline Shaw’s powerful To the Hands and a timely retelling of Buxtehude’s “Ad manus” movement from Membra Jesu nostri. Also, Kerensa Briggs’s sublime modern take on the Gregorian chant “Media Vita,” Britten’s masterpiece “Hymn to St. Cecilia,” and the music of Brahms and Lili Boulanger. 5 p.m., St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division. $25 (seniors & students, $20; ages 18 & under, free) at a2tix or at the door. vocalartsannarbor.org.
