Barber's "The Monk and his Cat" sung by Brett Weymark

Brett Weymark, one of Australia's top choral conductors, recites a cheerful tale of an Irish monk from the Middle Ages, with Tamara-Anna Cislowska at the piano. The piece is by American composer Samuel Barber, from the song cycle Hermit Songs.
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Duet is a segment on Australian radio station ABC Classic. Every week a musician comes into the studio to play a duet with pianist and presenter Tamara-Anna Cislowska. Watch past Duets here: bit.ly/2VEyFnW
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oh how i desire a cat

[@marylafferty8496]

I was absolutely charmed by this program . Thank you .

[@kikamelo7992]

Loved the final Miaow!!! (and what came before as well, obviously...).
Two amazing musicians and performers!

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Pangur, white Pangur,
How happy we are
Alone together, Scholar and cat.
Each has his own work to do daily;
For you it is hunting, for me, study.
Your shining eye watches the wall;
My feeble eye is fixed on a book.
You rejoice when your claws entrap a mouse;
I rejoice when my mind fathoms a problem.
Pleased with his own art
Neither hinders the other;
Thus we live ever
Without tedium and envy.
Pangur, white Pangur,
How happy we are,
Alone together, Scholar and cat.

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So true