Lingering Memories: Eight Loves and Eight Songs

[Performance Introduction] Love Does Not Have a Single Face Anticipation and loss, waiting and resignation, attachment and letting go— We have all experienced different kinds of love, and those memories blend together over time to become a single landscape. 'Barim' is a technique in Korean painting that softly dissolves the boundaries between colors, allowing them to blend seamlessly into one another—much like the memories of love where we cannot distinguish where excitement ends and pain begins. 〈Memory's Barim〉 is a contemporary classical performance showcasing eight new compositions on the theme of 'love' created by four different composers. Though they all begin with the same subject of 'love,' the four composers each depict love in entirely different ways. And we have intentionally left it open—each piece does not predetermine what kind of love it speaks to. One person may feel the thrill of first love in a certain piece, while another might recall memories of separation in that very same composition. The scenes and emotions that arise as you listen to the music—that is your answer. As each new piece gently dissolves over the lingering resonance of the previous one, these eight different loves merge together to create one grand 'barim.' Rather than difficult and obscure contemporary music, discover a contemporary classic that can touch your heart from the very first moment you hear it. At the end of a summer evening, eight loves slowly spread across the sky— What color was the love in your memories?