Classical Happy Hour

Koji Otsuki is conductor and violist da spalla living in Philadelphia. Recorded on 4/20/24 in Ft. Wayne, IN, USA.

Jonathan Cohen is a conductor, harpsichordist, and cellist. Recorded in Chicago, IL. We played an Aria "affetoso" by Henry Eccles.

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Jeff Yang is a multi-instrumentalist, violin shop owner, and whiskey collector. He also created In the realm of the senses -a multi-sensory experience featuring music along with food, or perfume, or...

https://www.intherealmofsenses.com/

We played a duo by Michel Corette. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA.

Dr. Renée-Paule Gauthier is a violinist, podcaster, and life coach who works with musicians.

Recorded in Skokie, IL, USA

We played a couple of J. C. Pepusch's Airs for two Violins...

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Aaron Dworkin is a professor of entrepreneurship, a Poet Journalist, the founder of the Sphinx Organization, and many other things. We read two poems from his book The Poetjournalist.Recorded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Emi Tanabe is a violinist specializing in many types of music.

We played an arrangement by Cary Davids of In the Mood. Recorded in Skokie, IL, USA.

Jory Vinikour is a harpsichordist and conductor based in France.

We played an adagio by John Stanley. Recorded in Evanston, IL, USA.

James Wilson is a cellist living in New York City and Staunton, VA.

We played an adagio by Dr. Pepusch.

Recorded in Staunton, Virginia, USA.

Craig Trompeter directs Haymarket Opera Company and performs on the cello and viola da gamba. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA. We played a movement from a sonata by Henry Eccles.

Antonin Stahly is a musician and actor in various genres. Recorded in Romainville, France. We played a Gavotte in rondeau by L'abbe le Fils. Find: Duo le Fils on any streaming music service to hear our album from 2017.

Ruth Lenz is concertmaster of the Reno Philharmonic and Reno Chamber Orchestra.

Recorded in Reno, Nevada, USA.

We played one of my Bachfor2 arrangements available at www.bachfor2.com

Micheal Beattie is a harpsichordist, organist, pianist, and conductor from Boston. We played an Adagio by Jean Baptiste Senaillé.

Recorded in Skokie, IL, USA.

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Sam Quiggins is a freelance cellist based in New York City. We played an adagio from a sonata by Johan Adam Birkenstock.

Recorded in Deerfield, Illinois, USA

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Karen Flint is a harpsichordist, organist, and director of Brandywine Baroque. She is also an important collector of antique harpsichords.

We read a Largo by T. Albinoni. Recorded in Wilmington, DE, USA.

My arrangements and latest CD are available at www.bachfor2.com

Nell Snaidas is a singer and director specializing in Latin Baroque music based in New York. 

Recorded in Denver, CO, USA.

Heather Miller Lardin is Principal Bass with Handel and Haydn Society and plays all over the east coast.

We played a couple movements of a sonata by Henry Eccles from his 2nd book of sonatas. Recorded in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

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Liza Malamut is a trombonist and director of the Newberry Consort. Recorded in Skokie, IL, USA.

We played part of a sonata by Dario Castello.

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Brandon Acker is a guitarist, lutenist, and YouTube star. We played my arrangement of La Monaca. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA.

Minna Pensola is a violinist from Helsinki, Finland. We played my arrangement of Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me.

Recorded in Staunton, Virginia, USA.

Ian Maksin is a cellist, composer, and singer. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA.

We played Largo from a sonata by Johann Christian Pepusch.

More info at www.ianmaksin.com

Jeri-Lou Zike is a violinist, entrepreneur, triathlete, and a fixture in Chicago's music scene.

Rubén Dubrovsky is a conductor and multi-instrumentalist based in Vienna, Austria. He founded and directs Bach Consort Wien (Vienna), and Third Coast Baroque (Chicago). He was also appointed the new music director of the Gärtnerplatz Theater in Munich beginning in September 2023. We played La Vieja. Recorded in Evanston, IL, USA.

Heather Boehm is a violinist, violist, contractor, and President of the Theater Musicians Association- nationally and in Chicago. She played in the orchestra for Hamilton, and handles the music for the Goodman Theater. An active freelancer, she can be heard all over Chicago performing in everything from pop/rock concerts to musicals. We played a canon by G.P. Telemann. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA.

Ingrid Matthews is a Professor of Baroque violin and Historical Performance at Indiana University. She also founded the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and directed it for many years. We performed the Sarabande from violin Partita No. 1, BWV 1002, in my Bachfor2 arrangement (Volume 2). Recorded in Staunton, Virginia, USA.

Ruben Valenzuela is founder and Artistic Director of Bach Collegium San Diego and Director of Music at All Souls' Episcopal Church in San Diego. We played the Larghetto from Handel's sonata in G minor HWV 364. Recorded in San Diego, CA, USA.

John Mark Rozendaal is a cellist and violist da gamba based in New York City. He runs the Viola da Gamba Dojo and plays with L'estrange Viols, Trio Settecento, and Brandywine Baroque. Recorded in Wilmington, DE, USA.

Cynthia Freivogel is a violinist based in Amsterdam. Among her current jobs, she leads Combattimento and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. She can also be heard (with me) playing the opening music of every Classical Happy Hour episode. We played the Largo of Divertimento Primo from Carlo Tessarini's Il maestro e discepolo, Op. 2. Recorded in Denver, Colorado, USA.

David Schrader is an organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and retired university professor. We played a tipsy rendition of the first 2 movements of Sonata 5 from Henry Eccles' first book of sonatas (which we previously recorded in 2014 as Callipygian Players). Preludio, and Adagio. Recorded in Chicago, IL, USA.

Rachel Barton Pine is a violinist based in Chicago. We discuss her diverse tastes in music (including heavy metal), and other topics. We play my arrangement of Bach's longest fugue -the C major (available in Bachfor2 Volume 1) and also Rachel's arrangement of the slow movement from Vivaldi's Winter concerto. Recorded in Chicago, IL.

Nicholas Kraemer is a conductor and harpsichordist based in London. He is principal guest conductor with Chicago's Music of the Baroque. Recorded in Chicago.

John Lenti is one of America's greatest players of the theorbo. We discuss how that happened, his upcoming projects, and we play Sonata Quarta by Johan Schmelzer from Sonate Unarum Fidium (1664). Recorded in San Diego, California.

Derek Reeves is principal violist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and plays jazz, rock and classical music across the US. We talk about his diverse skills, and his upcoming collaborations. Recorded in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Musical selection: Chaconne by Louis Couperin, arr. for violin and viola by Martin Davids. Sheet music available at: www.bachfor2.com/melisma  It's in Volume 1 of French Duos.

In this episode I talk with Edwin Huizinga, violinist, about his new album Alma, and other things. At the end we play Andante from J.S. Bach's second sonata for solo violin, arranged by me for two violins. Music available at www.bachfor2.com. It's in Volume 2. recorded in Wilmington, Delaware.