Concertgebouw: Dark Matter(s) Recital
Small Hall March 3rd, 2026
Jonathan Ware, piano
crumb: Apparition, Elegiac Songs and Vocalises
C. Schumann: There is a journey in the Frühlingsnacht
C. Schumann: Sie liebten sichboth (from Sechs Lieder, op. 13)
C. Schumann: Your Image
A journey through nocturnal thoughts: in the program Dark Matters by soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware, works by Clara Schumann and Florence Price come to life, but also the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and Crumb's cycle Apparition . Golda Schultz is a master storyteller, perhaps the night is not as dark as she is talking.
'A master storyteller', is what Gramophone calls South African soprano Golda Schultz. The magazine also praises her as an enterprising programmer and a brilliant Strauss soprano. Schultz can mainly be found on the opera stage, which makes her debut in the Kleine Zaal all the more special. On her first solo album, Jonathan Ware accompanied her, a golden combination. Now they are both part of the party, in a program about the deepest nocturnal thoughts.
There are thoughts we only have in the dark of night, under the blanket of darkness. We think about the end of our relationships or the end of our lives. How will we face these experiences? Will we be angry, or will we accept everything and step into the unknown? With songs by Florence Price and Clara Schumann, the Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and Crumb’s cycle Apparition plus accompanying texts by Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, the journey may not be so dark...