{"id":36179,"date":"2016-04-13T14:22:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=36179"},"modified":"2016-04-13T14:22:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:22:41","slug":"coffee-break-contemporary-music-with-kitty-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2016\/04\/13\/coffee-break-contemporary-music-with-kitty-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"COFFEE BREAK | Contemporary Music With Kitty Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ChpoP8z1cYY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em>There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats<\/em>. \u2014 Albert Schweitzer<\/p>\n<p>Included in\u00a0<em>WAM<\/em>, a new CD by Michael Norsworthy &amp; Michael Finnissy, is a piece called, <em>Mike, Brian, Marilyn, and the Cats<\/em>. The playful piece includes various meows by a clowder of unidentified cats\u00a0and was composed by English composer and pianist\u00a0Michael Finnissy. We don&#8217;t know who Mike and Brian are exactly, and we are not sure what these cats are trying to say, but they sure sound cute.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear more of the CD on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/wam\/id1067425944\">iTunes<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Michael-Finnissy-WAM\/dp\/B018UPNHCO\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more composers and cats, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2014\/04\/19\/composers-and-their-cats\/\">here<\/a> to see our series of photos of composers posing with\u00a0their beloved\u00a0feline friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Get our exclusive newsletter\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto\/app_100265896690345\">here<\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LudwigVanToronto?fref=ts\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>for all the latest.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Finnissy composes a new work for piano, clarinet, and&#8230; (wait for it) cats. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":36182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5723,4932,18],"tags":[6085,6086],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/Ginastera-and-cat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-9px","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36179"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36187,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36179\/revisions\/36187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36179"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=36179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}