Re:Visit - mvt I - Under Current and the Paper Boat by Yifeng Xie

Written for The Astra Collective

“Written for Alto Flute (doubling C-flute), viola, and bass, Re:Visit is a three- movement work that depicts various scenes derived from my memories, with a twist of imagination. The title implies both the word ‘Revisit’ and the replying email format”

“The majority of the work was written during a time when I got together with friends who were about to move for work, and reunited with old friends and teachers whom I had not seen for years. Inspired by all these various occasions, I realized that although I took an active role in revisiting friends and people, the memories among us proceed differently. In other words, I do not revisit the memories. The memories revisit me. Therefore, each movement of Re:Visit recreates a scene and unravels my feelings beneath it”.

Re: Visit mvt I - Undercurrent, and The Paper Boat was premiered on December 3rd at the Mannes School of Music.

I - Undercurrent, and The Paper Boat

“Imagining waking up underwater, you try hard to float to the surface and you board a

paper boat. It takes you to sail, but it is going to sink eventually...”