Presented by Parnassus Society
Scott Dunn
The Four Seasons Orchestra
Mahler, Brahms & Bennett with
Saturday, January 25, 2025 | 3PM
Soka Performing Arts Center at Soka University of America
Kayleigh Decker & Shunta Morimoto
Kayleigh Decker & Shunta Morimoto
Featured Performers
Shunta Morimoto piano with
Kayleigh Decker
mezzo-soprano
The Four Seasons Orchestra
Scott Dunn conductor
Flute
James Hilsabeck
Kara Machos
Piccolo
Kara Machos
Oboe
Eric Smith
Maralynne Mann
English Horn
Maralynne Mann
Clarinet
Monica Whang
Hee Jeong
Przytulski
Bassoon
Alex Chay
Jorge Ruvalcaba
Horn
Ben Randall
Warren Gref
Tim Moy
Josiah Wallace
Trumpet
Jon Kang
Michael Kallin
Timpani
Sho Fujieda
Harp
Caroline Reyes
Violin 1
Zun-Hin Woo *
Kirika Suzuki
Walter Park
Noriko Yamaga
Seungjai Chung
Patricia McCormick
Cole Perez
Sinmyung Min
Violin 2
Ji Yeon Shin +
Lucy Lu
Renaudo Robinson
Aaron Tam
Bridget Dolkas
Luis Guerrero
Morgan Burntner
Hiro Goto
Viola
Dae Kwon +
Shiika Suzuki
Kyle Bague
Sharon Ray
Janine Lai
Dani Tam
Cello
Nathan Le +
Henry Chen
Ashley Ng Conner
Shengyu Meng
Crystal Park
SungEun Lee
Bass
Chien Chien Lee +
Susan Thiroux
Alan Wang
Celeste
Cheryl Lin Fielding ^
* Concertmaster + Principal ^ Guest Artist
PROGRAM
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Partita
I. Intrada
II. Lullaby
III. Finale
GUSTAV MAHLER
Three Rückert-Lieder
with Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft Liebst du um Schönheit
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
INTERMISSION
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
with Shunta Morimoto, piano
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro Appassionato
III. Andante
IV. Allegro grazioso
Program Notes:
Our program, which examines over a century of musical romanticism, opens with the lively and dazzling 1995 Partita by my friend and mentor, the late Sir Richard Rodney Bennett.
One of Britain’s greatest post-war musical talents, Bennett has been described as the 20th century’s “most complete musician”. He studied with Pierre Boulez; wrote symphonies, ballets and operas; and was the leading British concert composer of 1960-70’s. For most musicians that would be enough, but since his student days he also was playing jazz clubs on weekends and scoring films between concert commissions. Eventually he scored nearly fifty films which most notably included Far From the Madding Crowd (1967), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Enchanted April (1992), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) among others. Simultaneously he became one of London and New York’s most successful jazz performers - appearing regularly at The Algonquin Room, Cafe Carlyle, Pizza on the Park and The Proms. Partita was commissioned by the Association of British Orchestras and British Telecom to be performed by seventeen different British ensembles in 1995 and 1996. Though suffering through just having given up smoking, Sir Richard managed to write a bright and uplifting piece for a Mozartsized orchestra. He said that the work was inspired by the memory
of his quirky and hilarious friend, the late music publisher, Sheila MacCrinkle, who had died in 1993. The beautiful and brisk first movement leads to a touching Lullaby featuring solo viola and on to the soaring finale.
We next present three of the five gorgeous orchestral songs that Mahler wrote setting poems of Frederick Rückert (1788-1866); the so-called Rückert Lieder. They were not written as a cycle, but initially as separate songs during the summers of 1901 and 1902, for voice and piano only. Mahler loved the intricacy of Rückert’s poetry and this is reflected in the settings they inspired. The first phrase of “Ich Atmet’ Einen Linden Duft” (I breathed a gentle fragrance) is brought to life through a luxuriant melodic setting with woodwinds, celesta and harp by which the composer hints at the lovely fragrance of flowers given by the beloved. “Liebst du um Schönheit” (If You Love for Beauty) was written as a present to his wife Alma. In this lied, the poet begs his lover to love him not for beauty, youth or money but only love him for the sake of love. Our third song, “Ich Bin der Welt Abhaden Gekommen” (I am lost to the world) in ways foreshadows Mahler’s masterful “Abschied” from Das Lied von der Erde. The text captures the spirit of the romantic artist (and Mahler himself) who is a solitary figure, withdrawn from the world and its distractions, and is focused solely on his loves, his life
Kayleigh Decker & Shunta Morimoto
Kayleigh Decker & Shunta Morimoto
and his art.
We end with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat. It was completed in 1881, more than twenty years after the poor reception given to his First Piano Concerto in D minor. The second concerto is a massive and heroic work, nearly an hour long, which Brahms himself performed repeatedly at the piano and later conducted. Unlike the first concerto, the second met with rather instant success - though some questioned its unusual structure (four movements instead of the usual three) and its epic length. Given its massive dimensions, Brahms himself often referred to it as “a great symphony
with piano obligato”. The concerto opens with a marvelous horn call to the orchestra and to which the piano responds with graceful arpeggios and a thorny cadenza which then introduces a glorious orchestral exposition. The second movement is labeled Scherzobut it is in fact the most dramatic and tempestuous movement of the concerto. The third movement grows from a glorious cello solo based on Brahms’ own Lied “Immer Leiser wird Mein Schlummer” (My sleep grows ever quieter). The final movement, a Rondo, begins in gracious relaxation and builds to some notable climaxes before returning to opening themes and a huge final crescendo.
Program Notes © Scott Dunn, 2024
SHUNTA MORIMOTO PIANO
Shunta Morimoto was born in Kyoto, Japan in December 2004.
At the age of twelve, he won the prestigious First Prize of the Piano Teachers Association of Japan, as well as the Fukuda Scholarship Award, one of the most important prizes for a Japanese musician today. This Scholarship allowed him to study with some of the leading pianists and pedagogues in the world. He took part in the Van Cliburn Junior Competition in Dallas, Texas in May 2019.
In February 2022, at the age of 17, from over 300 competitors, he was awarded unanimously the First Prize in the Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, playing the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has given concerts in England, Germany, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, USA, and Japan, performing solo repertoire, chamber music and piano concertos.
He had performed 4 concerts in 2023 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in England, including his debut in London with this orchestra playing 4th piano concerto of Beethoven. In October 2023, He performed the Rhapsody by the theme of Paganini with Tokyo philharmonic orchestra. In 2024, He received the Parnassus Society Award from Dr. & Mrs. Tokita performing the Beethoven 5th piano concerto at the Soka Performing Arts Center. He won the first prize at the Alicante International Piano
Competition. He performed the Tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto with Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan in August 2024, and the Grieg piano concerto with Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra in England in October 2024.
He currently studies with Maestro William Grant Naboré at the International Piano Academy in Lake Como, Italy, and participates in the Masterclasses of the Academy. He also a student at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, where he studied Piano Accompaniment with Giovanni Velluti. He has studied with Prof. Shōhei Sekimoto in Japan since he had 8 years old. He often takes lessons of Prof. Markus Schirmer in Austria.
Kayleigh Decker & Shunta Morimoto
KAYLEIGH DECKER
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Praised for her ‘shimmering mezzosoprano’ and a voice of ‘pure vocal gold’, American mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker is quickly garnering an international reputation for her artistry and versatility in opera and on the concert platform.
In the 2024/25 season, Decker will make a series of debuts including her role debut as Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at Chicago Lyric Opera, a house and role debut as Wellgunde in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, and a house debut as cover Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at The Metropolitan Opera. On the concert platform, Decker will return to Chicago to perform Handel’s Messiah with The Chicago Apollo Chorus and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Copenhagen, will sing Ethel Smyth Mass in D at Washington National Cathedral and Mahler’s No. 2 with the Cincinnati College Music. In recital, Kayleigh returns to Soka Performing Arts Center for Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and takes part in the ‘Beyond the Aria’ recital series at the Harris Theater, Chicago.
Last season Decker made a house debut for Welsh National Opera as Dorabella in a new production of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, conducted by Tomáš Hanus, & returned to Cincinnati Opera for staged performances of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio and covered Angelina in Rossini’s La Cenerentola for Boston Lyric
Opera. On the concert platform Kayleigh made debuts with the San Francisco Symphony and Orchestre de Paris for Stravinsky’s Les Noces, conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen; Mozart’s Requiem with the orchestra of Welsh National Opera conducted by Tomáš Hanus; Handel’s Messiah with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Mogens Dahl; and her debut with the Grant Park Music Festival for Mahler’s No. 8. A keen recitalist, Kayleigh performed with Soka Performing Arts Center, the Cincinnati Song Initiative and the Pacific Vocal Series.
Recent highlights have included her house and role debut as Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte for Dallas Opera; Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina with Les Violons du Roy, conducted by Jonathan Cohen; her role debut as Isolier in Rossini’s Le Comte Ory for Lyric Opera Chicago, described as “The finest overall performance of the afternoon” by the Chicago Classical Review, as well returning to Cincinnati Opera in her role debut as Alisa in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
As an ensemble member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kayleigh’s roles included her debut as Second Cretan Woman in Mozart’s Idomeneo, Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and a number of notable cover roles, including Le Prince Charmant in Massenet’s Cendrillon, Rosina in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Laura in Verdi’s Luisa Miller and Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by James Gaffigan.
A passionate song interpreter, she was named one of Caramoor’s 2018 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars and was a participant in the inaugural season of Renée Fleming’s ‘SongStudio’ at Carnegie Hall. She has given recitals produced by the Cincinnati Song Initiative, Pelican Hill recital series and recently performed a solo recital at Carnegie Hall and the Chicago Cultural Center.
In 2019, Kayleigh was the recipient of three prestigious scholarships: the Luminarts Fellowship, first place in the Musicians Club of Women Scholarship Competition, and a Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. Further accolades include first place in the Three Arts Scholarship Fund Competition and The Macdowell Society Scholarship Award in Cincinnati, second place in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions-Great Lakes Region, first place in the CCM Corbett Competition, and the Encouragement award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions-Cincinnati District in 2016.
Kayleigh was a young artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Utah Festival Opera. Other training programs include the Houston Grand Opera Young Artists Vocal Academy, and Oberlin in Italy. She graduated with honors from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. She also participated in the first of Joyce DiDonato’s Masterclass Series at Carnegie Hall, streamed live on Medici.tv. Kayleigh began her musical studies at the age of four in Suzuki violin lessons, and continued her instrumental studies later with the bassoon. She currently resides in California.
SCOTT
DUNN CONDUCTOR,
FOUR SEASONS ORCHESTRA
A noted advocate for American contemporary and film music, Scott Dunn has had a remarkable career as pianist, conductor and orchestrator. As conductor he regularly appears with major orchestras and headliners throughout the US, UK and Europe and is the Associate Conductor of the LA Phil’s Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the founding director of the SDO and the Principal Conductor of the Parnassus Society.
His newly formed Scott Dunn Orchestra (SDO) is borne from Dunn’s passion for film music, which can be traced back to his friends, and mentors, Leonard Rosenman and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett as well as his work over the years at the Hollywood Bowl. In partnership with The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the SDO, comprised of the worlds greatest studio musicians, celebrates Hollywood’s great music legacy and presents concerts dedicated exclusively to film music as firstrate concert fare. They will start their inaugural season at The Wallis this January with a concert of Dunn’s arrangements of iconic scores of the fifties and sixties, including a new suite from Rosenman’s Rebel Without a Cause, which Dunn premiered for live performance with film with the LA Philharmonic at Disney Hall in 2016.
A one-time student of Byron Janis and former assistant to Lukas Foss, Dunn toured eastern Europe early in his career as solo pianist for the USIA presenting Ives’ Concord Sonata and other American masterworks. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as pianist and orchestrator premiering his own reconstruction of Vernon Duke’s ‘lost’ Piano Concerto in C. His 2023 release, I Watch You Sleep - Scott Dunn Celebrates Richard Rodney Bennett with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic, available everywhere, earned universal praise for his arrangements, conducting and playing and was awarded the UK Arts Desk Album of the Year award.
Scott Dunn & The Four Seasons Orchestra
Scott
[cont.] His newest recording in Dolby Atmos with the Britten Sinfonia, Scott Dunn Celebrates the Hollywood Modernists, features Dunn’s arrangements from such films as To Kill a Mockingbird, East of Eden, Streetcar Names Desire, Rebel Without a Cause and others and is due to be released early in 2025.
Scott Dunn is a Steinway Artist.
FOUR SEASONS ORCHESTRA
The Four Seasons Orchestra is sponsored in part by:
- Atlas Modern Technology, Inc.
- Kiss Prom
Dunn & The Four Seasons Orchestra
The Parnassus Society’s mission is to enrich the cultural landscape of Orange County by offering the timeless beauty of classical artistry in combination with powerful storytelling through diverse forms of music and art. We provide artists with a dynamic platform to showcase their talents, working together to cultivate deeper human connections.
Through its concerts, the Parnassus Society is dedicated to bringing performances that inspire and enrich the community featuring internationally-acclaimed artists, while also nurturing and empowering young artists through mentorship and performance opportunities. Our concerts are proudly held at Soka Performing Arts Center, a stunning venue with world-class acoustics and timeless elegance, allowing our audience to fully immerse in the sound world with all its grandeur and intimacy.
If you would like to help spread the joy of music and art, please consider supporting Parnassus Society, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your generosity is deeply appreciated!
Founder and President: Kenneth Tokita, M.D.
Advisory Board: Peter Atherton
Pamela Carlton
Patricia Houston
John Meindl
Susie Meindl
Head of Administration: Diane Oshiro
Artistic Director: Cheryl Lin Fielding
Stage Director: Peter Atherton
Resident Conductor: Scott Dunn
Orchestra Contractor: Zun-Hin Woo
Orchestrator: David Carp
Technical Advisor: Miles Shishido
Parnassus Student Interns: Lal Besir Henry Courtney
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
SATURDAY, MAR. 1, 2025 | 3PM
Karen Chia-Ling Ho, Cio-Cio San
Bruce Sledge, Pinkerton
Milena Kitic, Suzuki
Nmon Ford, Sharpless
Maria Lazarova, Kate Pinkerton
Ryan Reithmeier, Bonze
Robert Norman, Goro
Parnassus Virtuosi Orchestra
Benjamin Makino, conductor
OCSA Puccini Chorus
Peter Atherton, Stage Director
SOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
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Concessions
A wide variety of wine, beer, soft drinks and freshly prepared snacks will be available before the concert.
Artist Drink Pick
Champagne Cocktail
We asked the artist for their favorite drink pick to feature at concessions! Champagne Cocktail was selected by Scott Dunn and will be available for purchase before the performance & during intermission.
“Whenever we visit the Met or the Paris Opera, it’s certainly my go-to cocktail: the perfect way to enjoy an afternoon at the concert, adding a touch of elegance”
- Scott Dunn
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Soka Performing Arts Center is located on the beautiful hilltop campus of Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo. Our facility includes the 1,042seat Concert Hall featuring world-class acoustics designed by master acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, designer of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Suntory Hall in Tokyo, among many others. We also have an intimate 350-seat Black Box Theatre that allows for multiple seating configurations including club seating with bistro tables.
More than 750 performances have taken place since the center’s dedication on May 27, 2011. The 2024-25 season marks our thirteenth season presenting first-class programming in our world-class concert hall. We are continuing to expand our programming and outreach with the addition of a Children’s Concert Series and the only Great Pianists Series on the West Coast. From classical and jazz to world and contemporary music, the Soka Performing Arts Center has become a prized space for artists and audiences alike.
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With its world-class acoustics and first-class performances, Soka Performing Arts Center is quickly becoming one of the cultural jewels of Orange County.
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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($75,000+)
Dr. Kenneth & Sandra Tokita
Sam* & Lyndie Ersan
CONCERTMASTER ($10,000+)
Ms. Emi Maeda
STAGE CHAMPION ($5000+)
Yoshitomo & Takemi Daido
STAGE BENEFACTOR ($1000+)
Anonymous
OC Chinese Cultural Club
John and Sue Prange
Terumi Saito
Jochen Schumacher
Alex & Sandy Scott
Scott A Shuping
Anson and Marilyn Wong
PLATINUM CLEF ($500+)
Anonymous
Jeffrey Hendrix
Edward D. Jones
Jane A. Lynch
GOLD CLEF ($200+)
Judy Kaufman
Lorraine Leiser
Naomi Uchiyama
SILVER CLEF ($100+)
Renée Bodie
Sam Chang
Masako Inage
Debrah Jiang
Chiharu Nagai
Paul Porto
Thomas Prigorac
Jonia Suri
Joseph Whittaker
BRONZE CLEF ($25+)
Raquel Bruno
Kenneth Hanawa
Ryosuke Iga
Jeannette Pease
Joyce M Wrice
Taro Yamanashi
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• Parnassus Society
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Renée Bodie
General Manager & Artistic Director
John Morgan
Box Office Manager
Antoinette Rossman
House Manager/Assistant to the General Manager
Jaime Spataro
Marketing & Communications Manager
Joe Nicholls
Marketing & Communications Assistant
Steve Baker
Production Manager
Aadya Agrawal
Stage Manager
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Piano Tuners
Kathy Smith Lead Tuner
Ron Elliott
David Stoneman
David Vanderlip
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SOKA UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA
Soka Performing Arts Center resides on the beautiful campus of Soka University of America. We thank the SUA Board of Trustees and the SUA Leadership Council for all of their support.
SUA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Stephen S. Dunham, JD | CHAIR
Vice President and General Counsel Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University | Baltimore, Maryland
Tariq Hasan, PhD | VICE CHAIR
Chief Executive Officer, SGI-USA | New York, New York
Andrea Bartoli, PhD
President, Sant’Egidio Foundation for Peace and Dialogue | New York, New York
Matilda Buck
Benefactor | Los Angeles, California
Lawrence E. Carter, Sr, PhD, DD, DH, DRS
Dean, Professor of Religion, College Archivist and Curator, Morehouse College | Atlanta, Georgia
Andy Firoved
CEO, HOTB Software | Irvine, California
Jason Goulah, PhD
Professor of Bilingual-Bicultural Education and Director, Institute for Daisaku Ikeda Studies in Education, Director of Programs in Bilingual-Bicultural Education, World Language Education, and Value-Creating Education for Global Citizenship, College of Education, DePaul University | Chicago, Illinois
Clothilde V. Hewlett, JD
Commissioner of Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, State of California | San Francisco, California
Karen Lewis, PhD
Sondheimer Professor of International Finance and Co-Director, Weiss Center for International Financial Research, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Luis Nieves
Founder, Chairman Emeritus AUL Corp, Benefactor | Napa, California
Isabel Nuñez, PhD, MPhil, JD
Professor of Educational Studies, Dean of School of Education, Purdue University Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, Indiana
Gene Marie O’Connell, RN, MS
Health Care Consultant, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing | Corte Madera, California
Adin Strauss
General Director, Soka Gakkai International-USA | Santa Monica, California
Yoshiki Tanigawa
Benefactor, Soka Gakkai | Tokyo, Japan
Gregg S. Wolpert
Co-president, The Stahl Organization | New York, New York
Edward M. Feasel, PhD
President, Soka University of America (ex-officio member) | Aliso Viejo, California
Edward M. Feasel, PhD
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Chief Academic Officer
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Archibald E. Asawa
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Community
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Tomoko Takahashi, PhD, EdD, LHD
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