Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu X CCMS - String Quartet No.4 "Fading"

第四號弦樂四重奏《憶。逝》I 武修平 X 半線室內樂 武修平 - 作曲 陳沛梧, 蔡穹翰 - 小提琴 蔡伯寅 - 中提琴 劉一澄 - 大提琴 《重。時》武修平 X 半線室內樂 作曲家肖像音樂會 臺中國家歌劇院小劇場, 2026年7月16日 影像設計 I 游婕 影音製作 I 河鼓工作室, 吳東晏, 楊于宣 燈光設計 I 想響音樂工作室, 黃致誠 《憶。逝》源於一段很私人的經驗：在阿嬤過世很多年之後，有一天我突然發現，自己已經記不太清她的樣子了，最後是透過照片才慢慢把那些記憶找回來。那一刻其實滿直接的——你會很清楚感覺到，記憶是會慢慢流失的，而且是在你沒有意識到的時候。 這首作品沒有要講一個具體的故事，而是想去靠近那種介在「記得」跟「忘記」之間的狀態。音樂有時候很清楚，有時候又開始模糊；有些片段好像快要抓住了，但又慢慢散掉。有一種一直在回想、又一直在失去的感覺。對我來說，「憶」跟「逝」不是對立的，而是同時發生的——你越想記住，就越會感覺它正在流走。這首弦樂四重奏，就是在這樣一個狀態裡慢慢展開的。 String Quartet No. 4 “Fading” (2026) I Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu X Changhua Chamber Music Society Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu, composer Pei-Wu Chen, Chung-Han Tsai, violins Po-Yin Tsai, viola I-Cheng Liu, cello https://ccms.page/ and time future contained in time past - Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu X CCMS Composer Portrait Recital Recorded on July 16, 2026 at National Taichung Theater, Taiwan String Quartet No. 4 – Fading was inspired by an unsettling personal experience: several years after my grandmother’s passing, I suddenly realized that I could no longer clearly remember what she looked like. Seeing her photograph again brought a flood of memories, accompanied by both comfort and a quiet sense of loss. This fragile boundary between remembering and forgetting forms the emotional core of the piece. Rather than telling a linear story, the work explores memory as a fluid psychological state—one that shifts between clarity and obscurity, presence and absence. Musical ideas appear as fragments, recur in transformed forms, and gradually fade, mirroring the way memories surface unpredictably and change over time. The string quartet’s shared timbral world allows these gestures to pass seamlessly between voices, creating a collective act of remembering. The piece is also shaped by my cultural identity as a Hakka composer. Abstract elements drawn from the ritual structure of the Hakka Three Offerings Ceremony (San Xian Li) inform the music’s sense of pacing, restraint, and layered time, without direct quotation. Through this integration of personal memory and cultural resonance, Fading reflects on how those we love may fade from immediate recall, yet remain deeply present within us. Taiwanese-born Canadian Hsiu-Ping Patrick Wu is a composer, violinist, and multimedia artist who is constantly on the search for musical language that bridges his multicultural identity. Patrick’s music ranged from his own style of neo-romanticism to avant-garde soundscapes, fusing theatrical elements and improvisational techniques. https://www.patrickwumusic.com/