Hometown Concerto
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This concerto had its beginnings in 1997. It recalls the dance music of my teenage years. When I was about 16 I joined with some high school friends to form a dance band known as the Clefs. During our junior and senior years the music we played was in high demand. We played both summer and winter for church, school, and community dances in Star Valley and surrounding areas. For our repertoire of about 30 songs we turned to the tunes that were popular at the time—the swing music of the 40s and 50s. It included upbeat jitterbugs and slow to moderate blues, ballads, and waltzes. Our idols were big band leaders like Glenn Miller. George Gershwin was at the time my favorite composer. I remember listening to an abridged version of Rhapsody in Blue on a little 45 RPM record player. The blues melodies of this famous piece stuck with me, as anyone familiar with them and this concerto can attest.
It’s only a dream of the past now,
Just a vision of days gone by;
The moments are made
Of memories that fade,
The memory of your last goodbye.
Evanescent, ephemeral, like you,
It’s only a dream of the past now,
Just a vision of days gone by;
So long, long ago
Thru time’s endless flow,
The memory of your last goodbye.
In memory of Helen,
my wife of fifty years
Performance Information
Piano — Josh Wright
Voice — Gay Bastian
Violin — Alex Woods
Viola — Bryan Lew
Cello & Percussion — Thor Call
Bass — Eric Hansen
Trombone — Curtis Biggs
Tuba — Dan Bryce
French Horn — Kit Weber
Trumpet — Seretta Hart
Bass Trombone — Zachary Crawford
Clarinet — Daron Bradford
Flute & Piccolo — Jeannine Goeckeritz
Oboe — Stephanie Simper
Bassoon — Chris Smith
Thor Call, Producer & Engineer
Recording, mixing & mastering at
Thunder Music, Orem, Utah
June through December 2012
Composed 1997, Revised 2000
Second movement “It’s Only a Dream” 2008
Additional revisions 2012
Symphony No. 1 is available in the 4-CD set you can order below.
Three Symphonies and a Concerto, Physical CD (4 CD Set). Includes Symphonies No. 1, 3 and 5, and the Hometown Concerto.
Three Symphonies and a Concerto is also available wherever digital downloads are sold.
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