Meow is the only word in this piece

Imagine two cats having a conversation. All the things they are saying, all compliments, nice words, maybe even insults, everything for us sounds just like meow, meooooow or meeeeeeeeeoooooowwww.

Surely we can hear the different pitch, pace and way the cats pronounce those meows, but we have no clue what they are saying. Unless we have a special ability like Doctor Dolittle has, all we can do is just guess. Our intuition can help us decipher their language to some point, though there are always grey areas we don't understand.

Just think about the moments when they behave in an "incomprehensible" way. The most we can think of is that they are spoiled, weird, picky or have a strong character. It's just that we don't understand them. Our furry friends are maybe more sophisticated actually... I found out they can also sing.

Yes.

Why have you made an incredulous face now? Don't you believe me?

Duetto buffo di due gatti is a humorous duet for two cats, a composition attributed to Gioachino Rossini. Attributed - as maybe it was someone else who wrote the piece... the cats just didn't write down right the composer's name. 😁

What we can hear in this duet is meow. Many meows, but you all know that I am a pianist and not a singer. I can just make my hands and fingers behave like two cats, so we have this duet played on the piano keys. Cats anyway like to play, so I see it perfectly doable to perform the Duetto buffo di due gatti just on the piano.

Two hands playing the role of two cats. I hope they will not fight. They need to coordinate and get this composition work out somehow. In the first part, they are kind of sad, or just sleepy. (do you hear those meow motifs?) and the second part brings more cheerful time from the cats' lives. My cats from this week converted themselves into musical notes, that's why for this Caturday you don't see photos of cats... but you can hear them through the piece I play :))

Ok, ok, one paw of a sleepy ginger found its way to this post. He is just listening to the music from a distance.