Limerick Daydreams

Nathan Daughtrey

General Info

Year: 2006
Duration: c. 11:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $140.00 | Score Only (print) - $35.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I
Oboe II/English Horn
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium I-II
Tuba I-II
Piano
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

Bass Drum
Bell Tree
Bells
Bongos (2)
Chimes
China Cymbals
Conga (2)
Crotales
Finger Cymbals
Marimba
Sandpaper Blocks
Snare Drum, Piccolo
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Tam-Tam
Temple Blocks
Tom-Tom, Low
Triangle
Vibraphone
Wind Chimes
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Originally dedicated to Dr. Cort McClaren and the UNCG [University of North Carolina at Greensboro] Percussion Ensemble, Limerick Daydreams was the 2nd Place Winner of the 2005 Percussive Arts Society International Composition Contest. The 12-minute work, now scored for full symphonic band with six percussion and piano, is based on the Irish reel Highway to Limerick.

The work opens rather mysteriously with fragments of the tune thrown about the ensemble and echoes of the bodhran (a traditional Irish drum) emulated by a dampened bass drum. A raucous drumming section ensues and gives way to the first full presentation of the reel in the flutes. What follows is a series of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic transformations of the Irish tune -- some quite playful, some beautifully melancholy, and some majestically resolute.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Indiana: ISSMA SENIOR BAND GROUP I
North Carolina: VI

Performances

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Mercyhurst University (Erie, Penn.) Wind Ensemble (Scott Meier, conductor) - 5 May 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Terry Austin, conductor) – 21 February 2018
University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Symphony (Chad Shoopman, conductor) – 19 September 2017
University of Texas (Austin) Symphony Band (Joshua Gall, conductor) – 1 May 2017
University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) Wind Orchestra (Elizabeth B. Peterson, conductor) – 3 May 2016

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

All Wind Works

Apollo's Chariot (Flex instrumentation) (2007/2021)
Appalachian Air (Flex instrumentation) (2003/2021)
As Above, So Below (2017)
Black Rainbow (2014)
Blaze (2021)
Bounce (2015)
Chasing Infinity (2018)
Dark Matter (2016)
Dark Matter (Flex instrumentation) (2016/2020)
Downtown Dash (2009)
Downtown Dash (Flex instrumentation) (2009/2020)
Ellipsis (2010)
Fidget (2015)
From the Ashes (2017)
Gate City Snapshot (2012)
Imagining World (2010)
Immortal Dream (2006)
Irish Washerwoman (2006)
Legend of the Sword (Daughtrey) (2007)
Limerick Daydreams (2006)
Mercury Rising (2005)
Point of Reckoning (as arranger) (2015)
Power Struggle (2009)
Sensus Vitae (2013)
Shine On! (2017)
Silent Canyons (2014)
Silver Moon (2007)
Spiraling Light (2016)
StarCatchers (2016)
Such Small Things (2017)
Such Small Things (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Through the Horizon (2007)
True Things (2017)
Twitch (2016)
Water Spirits (2019)
Ye Merry Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (2020)

Resources

Daughtrey, N. (2005). Limerick Daydreams : Based on the Irish Reel "Highway to Limerick" [score]. C. Alan Publications: [Greensboro, N.C.]
Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Nathan Daughtrey." Accessed 7 May 2016
Nathan Daughtrey website Accessed 12 September 2017
Perusal score