Angle criteria for frame sequences and frames containing a Riesz basis

We obtain a condition implying that the union of two frame sequences is also a frame sequence. Christensen found a condition for this in terms of orthogonal projections. We phrase our condition by use of the angle between closed subspaces. Also a lower bound formula is obtained. We then apply the results to find conditions for a frame containing a Riesz basis to be a Riesz frame.