Masterworks 6
Featuring Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano
Theofanidis’s Rainbow Body draws on both medieval chant and the Tibetan Buddhist concept of transformation, creating a work that evolves organically in color and texture. The music unfolds as a continuous arc, expanding and transforming across the orchestra.
Strauss’s Four Last Songs offers a deeply reflective farewell, written near the end of the composer’s life. Scored for soprano and orchestra, the work is marked by warmth, serenity, and a sense of luminous stillness. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 closes the season with one of the most compelling works of the twentieth century. Written at a pivotal moment in his career, it balances public triumph with underlying tension, leaving its final meaning open to interpretation.
Program
Theofanidis: Rainbow Body
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
“Truly unaldulterated radiance and focus”
Hannoversche Allgemeine
Masterworks 6 Winery Partner: DANCIN Vineyards
4477 South Stage Road, Medford, OR 97501
October – April
Thursday through Sunday 12:00pm – 7:00pm
May – October
Monday and Wednesday 4:00pm – 7:30pm|
Thursday through Sunday 12:00pm – 7:30pm
DANCIN Vineyards is a collection of several distinctively unique vineyard blocks of Pinot noir and Chardonnay located above the forested foothills just outside the historic gold rush town of Jacksonville, Oregon. This area is considered one of the best sites in the Rogue Valley for growing cooler climate varieties such as Pinot noir and Chardonnay.
Our vineyards are primarily located on northeast facing slopes that are situated at elevations between 1710 and 1960 feet. With the backdrop of tall pines, cedars and oaks, our vines are draped with the cooling shade at the hottest time of the day, which is similar to the effect of afternoon fog in other cool climate growing regions.
As a result, we are able to delay our first seasonal irrigation set until late July or early August, typically needing to apply water to the vines for only 4-5 weeks of the growing season!
Our goal is to maintain appropriate vine balance through proper management practices. Therefore, all of our activities including pruning, irrigation, canopy management, and crop thinning are determined through a continual assessment of each grapevine at every stage of the growing season.