Mercury Rising

Nathan Daughtrey

General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: 00:05:00
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: $32.00

Instrumentation

Player 1: Glockenspiel & Xylophone
Player 2: Vibraphone
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba & Bass Drum
Player 5: Tam-tam & Snare Drum & Suspended Cymbal
Player 6: 4 concert Tom-toms & Suspended Cymbal
Player 7: Timpani

Program Notes

Featuring a balanced ensemble of keyboard and battery percussion, Mercury Rising is, in essence, a double fugue that gives all players the opportunity to shine. After a brief anticipatory introduction, the tempo picks up and the keyboard percussion introduces the primary fugue theme (or subject), with entries by the marimba, the xylophone, and then the vibraphone. The battery joins the excitement before taking over the fugue subject, featuring the snare drum and concert toms. By the time the timpani takes over the subject, all members of the ensemble have entered leading to a climactic explosion at m. 72. After a brief developmental 3/4 section, in which fragments of the fugue subject are strewn about the ensemble, intensity continues to build to the end of the piece, as the theme appears in its loudest and fastest presentation yet.

Recent Performances

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Vibraphone Solo

Encantada
No One is Alone
Penelope
The Place Where Lost Things Go

Marimba Solo

Burned
Mountain Paths
The Giving Tree Variations

Multiple Percussion Solo

Multiple Musings

Mallet Ensemble

• Immortal Dream - Mallet Septet
• Spun - Mallet Octet
• A Yuletide Celebration
• Azul

Small Ensemble

• Almost Beyond
• Blaze - Percussion Septet
• Black Rainbow - Percussion Octet
• Ellipsis - Percussion Octet
• Fever Dream - Percussion Quartet
• Fidget - Percussion Octet
• Lost Souls - Percussion Quintet
• Mercury Rising - Percussion Septet
• Power Struggle - Percussion Octet
• StarDancer - Percussion Octet
• Sunward/Onward - Percussion Nonet

Medium Ensemble

• Adaptation - Percussion (11)
• Chasing Infinity- Percussion Ensemble (13)
• Edge of the World - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Firefly (Nathan Daughtrey) - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Jötenheim - Percussion (13)
• Legacies - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Limerick Daydream - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Luminescence - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• The Cry - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• The Dreamers of Dreams - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• Till the Stars Come Down - Percussion Ensemble (10)
• Topsy Turvy - Percussion Ensemble (12)
• What Lies Within - Percussion Ensemble (10)

Large Ensemble

• DrakenVuur - Percussion Ensemble 20+
• Luna, Luna - Percussion (15)
• The Heroes Around Us - Percussion (16)

Flexible Ensemble

Aftershock
Drums of Moria
Fallen Stars
Prism Schism
Sea of Tranquility (Full Percussion Ensemble Version)

Percussion Concerto

• Concerto for Vibraphone & Percussion Ensemble
• Halcyon Days
• Irish Washerwoman
• The Foggy Dew
• Water Spirits

Percussion Ensemble with Other Instrument

As Above, So Below - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Piano
Be That of the Wind - Percussion Octet with Wind Quintet
Bounce - Percussion Ensemble (12) with Solo Trumpet
Coming Home - Percussion Quintet with Solo Euphonium
Spitfire II - Percussion Nonet with Solo Euphonium
Twitch - Percussion Ensemble (11) with Solo Clarinet
The Wexford Carol - Percussion Nonet with Solo Soprano Saxophone