Monday, another article day, so I’m ripping this one off from Norman Lebrecht, who posted it on his blog, Slipped Disc, a few weeks back. A stray cat provides some extra entertainment during a concert in Beirut:

Which puts me in mind of Nora, Philadelphia’s own piano playing cat. Here’s a concerto composed by Mindaugas Piečaitis that incorporates clips of the YouTube sensation:

In case you were without internet in 2007, here’s the video that CATapulted Nora to fame:

Finally, Nora plays duets:

More about Nora here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_(cat)

Nora’s official website:

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PHOTO: Nora reacts to my request for “Fur Elise”