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Like the giftedness of so many prodigies, the musical gifts of accomplished classical pianist Sam Rotman were recognized at a young age. Sam's playing was a delight to his Jewish parents. They encouraged him in his formal training at the Juilliard School in New York City, where he received his Bachelor and Master degrees.Mr. Rotman performs concerts worldwide and has participated in prestigious competitions including the International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna and the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.
In this short program, Sam Rotman demonstrates his musical talent and weaves the story of his spiritual journey from the traditions of an Eastern European Jewish family to faith in Y'shua (Jesus) as his Messiah. Excerpts from Schubert Improptus, Beethoven Variations, Debussy Preludes, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and Rachmaninoff Preludes were filmed during a live performance.
SAM ROTMAN, CONCERT PIANIST
“THE MUSIC & TESTIMONY OF A JEW FOR JESUS”
The winner of the '2000 Crystal Award of Excellence'
from the Communicator
Awards.
Recorded: 200 Approximate Playing Time: 23 minutes
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While a student at the Juilliard School, Sam Rotman came to faith in Jesus Christ. However, as Sam looks back on all that transpired to bring him to that point, he stands amazed at the hand of God who was always guiding him and watching over him. If his father had remained in Romania, he may not have survived the Holocaust. If his mother had tarried one day longer, she may have been captured and killed by the Nazis who were invading her city in Czechoslovakia. Not knowing each other in Europe, his parents ended up in Quito, Ecuador where they met and married. If his parents had remained in Ecuador, Sam may never have had the opportunity to discover and develop his musical talents and may not have eventually had a teacher who would direct him to the Juilliard School where he finally heard the message of salvation in Jesus Christ.
Your family history may not be as dramatic, but God's hand has always been guiding and protecting you so that you too can come to believe in Jesus Christ and be transformed by His love. Have you acknowledged the gracious hand of God? Have you responded to Him in faith? May hearing this CD lead you to believe and trust in Jesus Christ and may you receive New Life in Him.
Produced by: The Pacific Garden Mission, Chicago, Illinois, 2003
The Pacific Garden Mission, located in Chicago, Illinois, produces the longest-
The life of Sam Rotman has been dramatized in a 2-
A DRAMATIZATION OF
THE LIFE OF SAM ROTMAN
Recorded: 2003
Approx. Playing Time: Part 1 30 minutes
Approx. Playing Time: Part 2 30 minutes
Format: (1) CD or (1) Cassette
First Time Broadcast:
Part 1 ~ Nov.
30, 2003 <-
(sample is 5 min. 47 sec.)
Part
2 ~ Dec. 7, 2003
CD $12.00 CASSETTE $7.00
Although I had played numerous works of Beethoven as a teenager,
I wasn't until I
began my studies at the Juilliard School with Jacob
Lateiner, the renowned pianist
and Beethoven scholar, that I began
to realize the genius and power of his music.
The year was 1969 and
I was 18 years old.
The following year the world was to celebrate the Bi-
Beethoven's birth.
(1770-
hold of me, I decided to methodically
listen to every one of his works,
following along with the musical score. This had
such an effect on me
that I performed two all Beethoven concerts on December 15 and
December
16, 1970 (Beethoven's 200th birthday) as part of the cele-
bration. Following the
success of those concerts I was asked by the
Public Broadcasting Corporation to
present a lecture-
Beethoven's most profound piano work, Sonata No. 32,
Op. II I.
In 1973, I was invited to participate in the 4th International Beethoven
Piano Competition
in Vienna, Austria. 70 contestants from around the
world performed the works of Beethoven
before a prestigious jury of
musicians from 10 countries.
After a month of competition, I became a Laureate Winner. I have
continued to perform
the piano works of Beethoven including concerti,
the Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, sonatas,
variations, bagatelles, rondos,
various character works and the Triple Concerto,
Op. 56 in collaboration
with John Sharp, principal cellist and David Taylor, associate
concert-
master, both members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Program
Six Variations in D major, Op.76 “Turkish March”
1. Theme-
2.
Variation I (:34)
3. Variation II (:34)
4. Variation III (1:01)
5. Variation IV (:39)
6.
Variation V (:38)
7. Variation VI-
8. Theme (:33)
Sonata No. 8 in C minior, Op. 13 "Pathetique"
9. Grave-
10.
Adagio cantabile (5:42)
11.
Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34
12. Theme-
13.
Variation I (1:25)
14. Variation II-
15. Variation III-
16. Variation IV-
17. Variation V-
18. Variation VI-
19. Theme-
Sonata No. 14 quasi una Fantasia in C-
20. Adagio
sostenuto (6:37)
21. Allegretto-
22. Presto agitato (7:12)
Rondo in C major, Op. 51 No. 1
23. Moderato e grazioso (6:21)
Für Elise, WoO 59
24. Poco moto (3:15)
Performed by Sam Rotman, Concert Pianist
Recorded: 2004 on a Hamburg Steinway Concert
Grand Piano
Playing Time: 63 minutes 41 seconds
You can listen to Rondo-
Sonata by clicking ~~>
BEETHOVEN
CD $17.00 CASSETTE $12.00
Modest Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition after attending a
memorial exhibit
for his friend, artist Victor Hartmann. It took place in
February 1874 at the exhibition
gallery of St. Petersburg Architectural
Association. Mussorgsky had such a moving
experience as he walked
through the exhibition that 20 days later he had completed
one of the
greatest works for the keyboard, Pictures at an Exhibition. Sergei
Rachmaninoff
was one of the 20th Century's greatest pianist and
composers. Rachmaninoff, who possessed
enormous hands and had
a great command of the keyboard, was able to create some marvelous
sounds from the keyboard. The six selections on this recording
demonstrate a wide
range of colors and moods that are unmistakably
Russian.
Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky, 1839 -
2. The Gnome
(2:27)
3. Promenade (:50)
4. The Ancient Castle (5:01)
5. Promenade (:26)
6. The Tuileries
(Children Quarreling After Play) (:56)
7. The Polish Ox-
8. Promenade (:43)
9.
The Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells (1:02)
10. The Two Polish Jews, One Rich,
the Other Poor (2:15)
11. Promenade (1:21)
12.
13. The Catacombs: Roman Sepulcher (1:24)
14. The Dead
Speaking in a Dead Language (Promenade) (1:38)
15. The Hut on Fowl's Legs, Baba Yaga
(3:17)
16. The Great Gate of Kiev (5:23)
Rachmaninoff, 1873 -
17. Prelude in C-
18. Etude
-
19. Prelude in D minor, Op. 23 No. 3 (4:13)
20.
Moment Musical in B minor, Op. 16 No. 3 (4:47)
21. Prelude in G-
22. Etude-
Performed by Sam Rotman, Concert Pianist
Recorded: 2000 on a Hamburg Steinway Concert
Grand Piano
Playing Time: 55 minutes 31 seconds
You can listen to Limoges, The Market
Place from Pictures at an
Exhibition by Mussorgsky by clicking ~~> Limoges, The Market
Place
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MUSSORGSKY -
RACHMANINOFF
PIANO WORKS
IMPRES
SIONS ~ PIANO PORTRAITS OF
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
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In May of 1970, Sam Rotman had just completed his sophomore year
as a student at the
Juilliard School. That summer, at the invitation of
Mr. Jacob Lateiner, his piano
professor at Juilliard, Mr. Rotman spent
the entire summer in Paris studying, practicing,
and taking lessons.
That summer had a profound effect upon Mr. Rotman. He became
completely immersed in the culture, language, and psyche of France
and the French
people. The museums, gardens, and cathedrals that
he visited throughout France enhanced
his appreciation of and affinity
for the music of Debussy and the Impressionistic
movement. We are
pleased to release this recording of the piano music of Claude Debussy.
Program
1. Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque (5:19)
2. Reverie (5:02)
3. First
Arabesque (4:54)
4. Sarabande, from Suite pour le piano (5:32)
Twelve Preludes from Book I and II
5. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La fille aux
cheveaux de lin) (2:40)
6. Heather (Bruyeres) (3:18)
7. The Doorway to Wine <-
8. The Interrupted Serenade (La serenade
interrompue) (2:39)
9. Footprints in the Snow (Des pas sur la neige) (4:05)
10. Water
Nymphs (Ondine) (3:52)
11. General Lavine-
12. Homage to S. Pickwick,
Esq. P.P.M.P.C. (2:08)
13. Dancers of Delphes (Danseuses de Delphes) (3:29)
14. Fairies
are exquisite dancers (Les Fees sont d'exquises danseuses) (2:24)
15. Minstrels (2:09)
16.
The Dance of Puck (La danse de Puck) (2:33)
Performed by Sam Rotman Concert Pianist
Recorded: 1997 on a Steinway Concert Grand
Piano
Playing Time: 56 minutes 12 seconds
You can listen to The Doorway of Wine from
the Preludes
Book 2 by Debussy by clicking ~~> The Doorway of Wine
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"Mr. Rotman is a pianist of no small talent. He
possesses a thoroughly repared technique
and is a
natural and thoughtful interpreter. His laying is profound, expressive, dynamic
and
exciting." ...Grand Rapids Press
Program
1. Rondo alla Turca from Sonata No. 11 A major, K. 331 ... Mozart (3:52)
Sonata
No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 ... Beethoven
2. Allegro (3:30)
3. Adagio (5:40)
4. Minuetto-
5.
6. Impromptu in A flat
major, Op. 90 No. 4 ... Schubert (7:10)
7. Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40 No. 2 ...
Chopin (7:19)
8. The Sunken Cathedral from Preludes, Book I ... Debussy (7:06)
9. Prelude
in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10 ... Rachmaninoff (6:00)
Recorded in 1995 on a Steinway Concert Grand Piano.
Playing Time: 49 minutes 35 seconds
You
can listen to the Prestissimo movement from the
Sonata in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1 by
Beethoven by
clicking —> Prestissimo
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