Arrangements

The melody that starts the piece came to Park when he was in high school. He was in the middle of an emotional depression, which affected his schoolwork and social relationships. There were periods of weeks when he could not pick up his saxophone to practice, and his music teacher would be shocked as he has always been a diligent musician. The one thing that Park had never lost though was his love for music. The melodious “E-A-D” sets the tone for the rest of the piece, reminding him that all conflicts resolve somehow. But in the meantime, the internal turmoil would continue, as can be felt in the third measure where he play F# over G (maj7th chord). The dissonance was acknowledgement of the tears he felt yet could not express.
The title of the song reflects the ongoing melody that loop over and over like circular waves of the river. In the second half of the piece at the key change, he wanted to communicate triumphant hope. The D that served as the base of the home chord has now become the major third note of the new key of Bb, implying that the seemingly constant nature of today’s world may suddenly end up being completely transformed in the future.