Ray Chen - superstar violinist wants you to practice

Classical Music Happy Hour | May 27

Violinist and social media guru Ray Chen wraps up this season of Classical Music Happy Hour with an in-studio live performance. He chats with Manny about video games, performance anxiety, and his practice app Tonic. In our game, he joins Manny in our game called Is It a Composer or Is it Cheese?

Our theme song is Schumann’s Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 performed by our host, Emanuel Ax.

Ray Chen performed an excerpt from JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partitat No. 2 for Solo Violin, BWV 1004.

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace
Felix Mendelssohn 
Mariko Honda & Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Keith Clark 
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2 Andante teneramente
Brahms
Performed live in-studio by our host, Emanuel Ax

Le sorcier: Overture
François-André Danican Philidor 
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra & Christian Benda 
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

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Credits

Classical Music Happy Hour is supported in part by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation and by Linda Nelson.

Our production team includes Lauren Purcell-Joiner, Eileen Delahunty, Laura Boyman, Elizabeth Nonamaker, David Norville, Christine Herskovits, and Ed Yim.

Our engineering team includes George Wellington, Irene Trudel, and Chase Culpon.

Classical Music Happy Hour is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall.

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