Ricky Ian Gordon: Green Sneakers, for Baritone, String Quartet, Empty Chair and Piano (sung by Jesse Blumberg)

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon has written opera (The Grapes of Wrath) as well as tony musical theater (My Life with Albertine). This evening he shares a song cycle based on poems he wrote after the death of his longtime partner; baritone Jesse Blumberg handles the singing.