McCarthy-Song of Middle Earth(SP)-M/P 3M/BM/V/B/5T/P/PN

Song of Middle Earth was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: I. I Dreamt of the Dragon, II. The Drums of Moria, III. Recitative: Dark Towers, IV. Unto Long Glory. More so than any other composition by Daniel McCarthy, this piece is filled with the excitement of rhythmic animation that is unique to the percussion orchestra and the color of the harmonic pallet achieved with keyboard percussion.

Number of players: 10
Difficulty: Advanced

Instrumentation

Soloist: Marimba (4.6 octaves), 5 toms, 4 metals, 3 tam-tams, 3 cymbals

Player 1: Marimba (4.3 octave)
Player 2: Marimba (4.3 octave), crotales, glockenspiel
Player 3: Marimba (4.3 octave), vibraphone
Player 4: Marimba (5 octave)
Player 5: 6 toms, 2 tam tams, claves, bell tree, congas, sleigh bells, triangle, woodblock
Player 6: Rack: 2 bongos, 2 timbales, snare drum low tom; afuche, bells, castanets, finger cymbals, suspended cymbal, tam tam, temple block, woodblock
Player 7: bass drum, castanets, claves, crash cymbals, finger cymbals, tam tam, maracas, sand paper, slap stick, suspended cymbal,triangle, vibraslap, water gong, high and low woodblock
Player 8: 5 timpani
Player 9: Piano