Our friend David Rothman will provide four midday piano concerts at the Old Church in downtown Portland. They’re free, and fantastic – much recommended for both the aficionado and the amateur.

Recital Schedule for Pianist David Rothman

The Old Church, Portland Oregon
1422 SW 11th Avenue, Portland 97201

Wednesday 12 August 12:00 Noon
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 29 in Bb major Opus 106 “Hammerklavier.”

Wednesday 9 September 12:00 Noon
Frederic Chopin
Four Ballades: No. 1 in G minor, Opus 23; No. 2 in A minor, Opus 38; No. 3 in A flat major, Opus 47; No. 4. in F minor, Opus 52.
Waltz in A flat major, Opus 69, No. 1; Waltz in B minor, Opus 69, No. 2; Waltz in G flat major, Opus 70, No. 1.

Wednesday 30 September 12:00 Noon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Three Sonatas: Sonata K. 279 in C major, 1. Allegro, 2. Andante, 3. Allegro; Sonata K. 280 in F major, 1. Allegro assai, 2. Adagio, 3. Presto; Sonata K. 283 in G major, 1. Allegro, 2. Andante, 3. Presto.

Wednesday 21 October 12:00 Noon
Frederic Chopin
Twelve Etudes Opus 25: No. 1 in A flat major; No. 2 in F minor; No. 3 in F major; No. 4 in A minor; No. 5 in E minor; No. 6 in G sharp minor; No. 7 in C sharp minor; No. 8 in D flat major; No. 9 in G flat major; No. 10 in B minor; No. 11 in A minor; No. 12 in C minor.
Berceuse, Opus 57 in D flat major; Barcarolle, Opus 60 in F sharp major.

David Rothman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1962. When he was ten years old he was awarded a piano scholarship, in open competition, to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Surrey, England. Members of the jury included Yehudi Menuhin and Nadia Boulanger. Among his teachers at the Menuhin School were Louis Kentner and Vlado Perlemuter. At age seventeen he won a piano scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he was a student of Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Seymour Lipkin. David Rothman presently lives in Portland, Oregon.