Cypresses Triptych
Nature・Root・Vigour
《漢柏三匝・樸・源・蒼》
in four movements | 四樂章
I: Nature | 樸
II: Root | 源
III: Vigour | 蒼
IV: Cypresses Triptych 漢柏三匝
(2022 | 18')
Invited by the Hong Kong Museum of Art, this composition is made particularly to respond to the thematic masterpiece
“A sketch of Chinese cypresses, the original draft” at the “Wu Guanzhong: Sketching Vitality” exhibition.
The composition is premiered through its sound installation at the gallery.
The composer performed, recorded, and mixed the performance himself.
The three movements are independent, yet by superimposition they form a greater work as its fourth movement.
Its form is inspired by intertwinement and multi-perspective of "A Sketch of Chinese Cypresses, the Original Draft",
where Wu Guanzhong depicted the aged beauty and the vitality of nature of these ancient cypresses.
三段音樂獨立成章,
一描古樸、傲骨崢嶸,
二繪風韻、溯流追源,
三寫蒼勁、纏綿糾葛。
眾章聯疊,又成一章,
縱橫交錯,敍點線、色彩、形態、氣韻與年華。
擬多角度與不同視點以述,喻時空與靈感多元之意。
此作品受香港藝術館邀約,為2022年的「吳冠中──速寫生命」展覽的主題作品《漢柏寫生原稿》而創作。
作品於展覽中以特設裝置音響面世。
作曲家親自彈奏、錄製並混音。
三段音樂獨立成章,又可疊置成曲(第四樂章),
借喻《漢柏寫生原稿》的縱橫交錯,
吳冠中以不同的視點落墨漢柏的古樸與蒼勁。