Scoring
2pft (lids off, if possible)-perc(2): xyl/vib/mar/tgl/ride cym/SD/hi-hat/maracas/splash cym/castanets/bongos
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World Premiere
04/08/1994
Symphony Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneosta Orchestra
Programme Note
Lounge Lizards (1994) was commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra Association. This tour de force for two pianos and two percussion is a musical recollection of Daugherty’s student years when he supported studies in music composition with György Ligeti by playing jazz piano in lounges, bars and nightclubs across America and Europe. Pulsating, syncopated piano and xylophone riffs are punctuated by pulsating triangles, sizzling cymbals and beatnick bongos. As the music accelerates, it becomes increasingly polytonal and polyrhythmic.
