A professional classical pianist's cat has gone viral after its interesting reaction to classical music was caught on camera.
Japanese pianist Yuriko Morota’s cat Choco has shot to fame on Twitter after his un-fur-getable reaction to the fourth mew-vment of Mahler’s Symphony No 9; in particular a section featuring lots of strings (and no purr-cussion).
It gave his owners paws for thought.
マーラーと黒猫 pic.twitter.com/8LD8rmS67K
— 諸田 由里子 (@yurikomorota) May 19, 2018
But it hasn’t been a cat-astrophe for Choco, as the video has been viewed more than two million times.
While Choco showed he was a fur-vent supporter of Mahler some cats purr-fer Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings.
In 2015 scientists at the University of Lisbon discovered the piece, played in two-minute sections, made a noticeable difference to a cat’s state of relaxation while under anaesthetic.
Music has also been written for cats by composer David Teie which simulates sympathetic cat noises, heartbeats and purring. The compositions again include a lot of string instruments.
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In the meantime, here’s some cat videos you might find ap-paw-ling… or not.
The Purr-fect duo
A cat-tivated audience
Are you kitten me right meow?
