Connoisseur's Confession, A
For unaccompanied mixed jazz chorus (SSAATTBB) including vocal percussion. Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel.
Duration: 4' 15"
Difficulty: 4/5 (Difficulty Rating Overview)
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A CONNOISSEUR'S CONFESSION
Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
My life has led me journeying
Through vineyards of my heart
I’ve searched for the most perfect wine
That stood pedigrees apart
Throughout these years of sampling
My palate has grown smart
I’ve learned to savor beauty
And that wine’s a little tart
I’ve got on swell with zinfandel
Made an early harvest blush
I lingered in the fields of France
Explored a season’s crush
I’ve been a roving paramour
A suitor to the grape
I’ve been seduced and led astray
With no wish to escape
But I’ll never find another like you
Spice with a slice of playfulness
Teased with a squeeze of rue
Bright with a slight risquefulness
Square with a derring-do
No, I’ll never find another like you
Been bawdy with the bolder wines
I peeled away their frills
Been intimate with pinot noir
And most varietals
And I’ve been fooled by promises
Cheap wines with rich bouquets
That lured me in with fragrances
Like lesser beaujolaises
But I’ll never find another like you
Rare with an air of petulance
Pert with a squirt of bounce
Crisp with a wisp of confidence
Coy with a ploy to pounce
No, I’ll never find another like you
Now I’ve matured in many ways
Developing a taste
For stately wines with some restraint
That are subtle and more braced
When friends applaud a noble wine
I solemnly agree
And squelch those salivary glands
That throb inside of me
But I’ll never find another like you
Brash with a rash gentility
Sage like an aged grand crue
Proud with a loud virility
Bewitching without a clue
No, I’ll never find another
With all the jaunty, bon vivanty quality of you
Lyrics Copyright ©1998 by Dennis Spiegel.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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A Connoisseur's Confession was commissioned by Zephyr: Voices Unbound and premiered on March 7, 1998 in Corona Del Mar, California. It was recorded in January 2022 for the album J.A.C. Redford: Dappled Things by London Voices directed by Ben Parry.
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