Join concert pianist David Rothman as he performs Chopin's 24 Preludes, Opus 28, and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491 with Michael Barnes organ as orchestra.

Concert pianist David Rothman has delighted TOC audiences with performances of the entire Schubert Cycle, Mozart Cycle, and all of Chopin’s solo piano pieces. With Michael Barnes on the organ, Rothman has also played the Rachmaninoff Third and Brahms Second Piano Concerto at TOC.

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David was born in Toronto, Canada. 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 and is a frequent performer for TOC's Lunchtime Concerts.

Michael Barnes is a professional pianist and organist, and has been Senior Organist at Westminster since 1992. With the Westminster Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, he has toured Scotland and Cuba. He has performed with the Wednesday Noon Concert Series at The Old Church Concert Hall since 1988. With the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, he toured China for goodwill concerts in 2019. He accompanies the Pacific Youth Choir, and is Organist at Westminster Presbyterian Church and Temple Beth Israel in Portland, OR. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, Organ Historical Society and Guild of Temple Musicians.

PROGRAM

24 Preludes, Opus 28 by Frederic Chopin

David Rothman, piano

Intermission

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 4911 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Allegro (C minor) 2. Larghetto (E-flat major) 3. Allegretto (C minor)

David Rothman, piano & Michael Barnes, organ