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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2007Stinky van Beethoven
I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven piano sonatas, and talking about them, plus footage from a master class he gave in Chicago with some very good young pianists. SO I was happily watching this, and was especially excited about Barenboim's thrilling performance of sonata #23 (the "Appassionata") when Stinky awake from his nap in the computer chair, and walked into the living room. He immediately jumped on the piano and walked up and down the keyboard several times --"BONK BONK BONK bonk bonk beeng . . . beeng!" (reverse). He does this a lot when I have music on, or when I'm playing the piano-- and while I don't know what it really means, and it doesn't seem as coherent as what Nora the piano kitty does-- it sure makes me laugh. I started laughing, and Stinky came bouncing over to me, climbed on me, got into his customary meatloaf position on my chest, got all cuddly, and purred like a generator. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Apparently he associates the piano with music, which I'd say is pretty smart. Joy >> I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances >> there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Joy Well, I've said this before, but I've always suspected that very quickly after Stinky arrived here, he observed that we made a lot of noise around here. With our mouths, and well, with the piano, too. He figured that making noise was important around here, and he was not going to be left out. ;) He's a full-participation kind of guy. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War [snip] > and it doesn't seem as coherent as what Nora the piano kitty does-- it > sure makes me laugh. I started laughing, and Stinky came bouncing > over to me, climbed on me, got into his customary meatloaf position on > my chest, got all cuddly, and purred like a generator. ;) Awww, that's sweet - and you had percussion with the Beethoven, too. :) Joyce > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War That was indeed a thrilling performance of the "Appassionata"! The coda in the last movement was in that wonderful, incredible space of threatening to go off the rails with kinetic energy, while being absolutely under control. I only saw part of the program, unfortunately--I'll have to catch it in a rebroadcast. The cats, unfortunately, have no interest whatsoever in the piano, except to express mild concern with some of the loud bits. Tigger, though, did purr on me.... David >> I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances >> there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >I only saw part of the program, unfortunately--I'll have to catch it in a >rebroadcast. Best way to do it, IMO. ;) There's a famous live recording of Ashkenazy doing it this close to falling apart-- the craziest I ever heard was Richter. I have a couple of recordings in *very good taste*-- e.g. Brendel. But for that and several others of the Beethoven sonatas, I find I often prefer a slightly insane approach. ;) >The cats, unfortunately, have no interest whatsoever in the piano, except to >express mild concern with some of the loud bits. Tigger, though, did purr on >me.... > >David Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven piano [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War IMHO Some cats just love music. I used to play the organ and every morning at 11 am I would sit down to practice. Princess (RB 16) would come in and sit by the side of the organ, close her eyes and seemed to enjoy my music. However, if I started to play with strings )instead of flutes) she would complain and walk out of the room if I didn't stop. She seemed to like soft, soothing music the best. MLB > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War But I thought Stinky was a punk rocker? That Stinky. He's so musically diverse. Sherry >> I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances >> there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >diverse. >Sherry Stinky is a punk rocker, Stinky is a punk rocker, Stinky is a punk rocker, Nooooooowwwwwww! Stinky does get a very diverse musical diet. ;) He is definitely the musical boy. Dante barely pays attention. He's too busy chasing things around the floor. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >But I thought Stinky was a punk rocker? That Stinky. He's so musically >diverse. Translated to classic music the would be more Mahler or Bruckner than Beethoven... SCNR Aleks > He immediately jumped on the piano and walked up and down the > keyboard several times --"BONK BONK BONK bonk bonk beeng . . . [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > over to me, climbed on me, got into his customary meatloaf position on > my chest, got all cuddly, and purred like a generator. ;) Aww, he was proud of himself! And he had reason to be - what a clever piano-playing big dood. I used to have a piano, and all our cats used to 'play' every now and then. None of them were as good as Nora.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/ http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War He's a sweetie! Persia often mrpphs when I sing. She just knows when it's time to chime in :) Jill >there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven >piano sonatas, and talking about them, plus footage from a master I saw Barenboim and Mehta together about one year or two ago in Munich and they were incredible. It seems they are big friends and it showed while they played. Great fun for all that were there and unexpected b/c they played pieces that were not in the program. My already existing respect for Barenboim grew even bigger. Aleks > I had a real special geek-treat last night. On PBS Great Performances > there was a two-hour program of Daniel Barenboim plaing Beethoven [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War Great story! Thanks for the laugh. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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