The Odd Couple: Lindley & Dragonetti (Nathan Whittaker, cello & Nathaniel Chase, double bass)

• Nathan Whittaker, cello
• Nathaniel Chase, double bass

Robert Lindley and Domenico Dragonetti were stars of the Opera in London from 1792 to 1846, but they weren't singers, or even the conductors. The gregarious Yorkshireman Lindley and shy Italian Dragonetti were the charismatic principal cellist and bassist, and best friends, who for 52 years famously entertained the audiences with their own duets and renditions of Corelli Sonatas.

Acclaimed period instrument performers cellist Nathan Whittaker and bassist Nathaniel Chase team up for a special project: exploring the oft forgotten and under-performed works for cello & bass through the lens of Robert Lindley and Domenico Dragonetti. They have both performed with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, the Sebastians, the Arizona Early Music Festival, and with other prominent organizations.

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About Nathan Whittaker, cello

Nathan Whittaker, violoncello, enjoys a unique and diverse career as a concert soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, teacher, and historical cello specialist with concert stops ranging from New York to Seattle to Dubai. He is the Artistic Director of Gallery Concerts (Seattle), a concert series of chamber music on period instruments, and regularly performs with the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, New York Baroque Incorporated, ARTek, El Mundo, Fort Greene Chamber Music Society, The Sebastians, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Recent appearances include the Caramoor Music Festival, Arizona Early Music Festival, Vancouver Bach Festival, Pacific Baroque Festival, Helicon Society, Berkeley Early Music Festival, Ottawa ChamberFest, the Boston Early Music Festival, and as a guest lecturer at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris. He has served on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts. He can be heard on recordings by ATMA Musique, Harmonia, and Centaur, as well as live broadcasts by NPR, CBC, and KING FM. Dr. Whittaker holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Washington and Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University. He performs on a cello of Mario Gadda from 1957, and a baroque cello of Johann Christian Ficker II from c. 1770.