Dreaming
Lori Laitman
About this work:
When I first began composing for voice, my friend and colleague, soprano Lauren Wagner, encouraged me to write a funny encore song. The result was Dreaming which exists in several versions. This is one of the few songs for which I wrote my own lyrics.
Some prefer coffee
Some prefer tea
Some prefer chocolate
But not me
The one thing that we truly savor
Doesn’t come in any flavor.
The item that we really crave
Starts with “R” and ends with “ave”
So much fun to clip and save
We’re dreaming of a great review!
Big fat titles, dark and bold,
Surely worth my weight in gold,
So sweet to hug and hold,
We’re dreaming of a great review!
Ooh, it gives me such a thrill to read that
I possess a voice so captivating and rare,
And, to learn of all that I can do
Sends chills right up and down my derriere!
Doesn’t matter if it’s true,
Think of all that it can do,
If it stinks we’ll down a few,
Cause we’re dreaming of a great, first-rate review!
Version: soprano and mezzo-sopranowith piano
Year composed: 1991
Duration: 00:01:51
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Two or More Solo Voices with Keyboard
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, ,1 Tenor soloist(s), ,1 Baritone soloist(s)