Mercury Rising

From Wind Repertory Project
Nathan Daughtrey

Nathan Daughtrey


General Info

Year: 2005
Duration: c. 5:25
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $32.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
Percussion (7 players), including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Concert Toms (4)
  • Marimba
  • Snare Drum
  • Suspended Cymbal
  • Tam-Tam
  • Timpani
  • Vibraphone
  • Xylophone


Errata

None discovered thus far.


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. 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.

- Program Note from publisher

Media


State Ratings

  • Indiana: 113 – LARGE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLES
  • Missouri: Percussion Ensemble Grade A
  • Ohio: PERCUSSION ENS B
  • Texas: Percussion Ensemble Class I


Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project


Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Daughtrey, N. (2005). Mercury Rising: Percussion Ensemble [score]. C. Alan Productions: Greensboro, N.C.
  • Nathan Daughtrey website Accessed 21 December 2019