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The longest concert in the world
Friday 11 July, 2008
'Its organisers call it the longest concert in the world. Almost seven years in, and with 632 years left, it is unlikely anyone will challenge the claim. On Saturday a performance by the late avant-garde American composer John Cage inched to its sixth chord change since it began in the medieval church of St Burchardi in the German town of Halberstadt in Saxony Anhalt in September 2001.
"ORGAN2/ASLSP As Slow aS Possible", a 4.07 metre-long score which would stretch to an estimated 47,000 kilometres in its elongated form, originally took a mere 29 minutes and 15 seconds to perform when it was premiered in 1987. Believe it or not, it has become one of the most talked about events of the German cultural calendar. The weekend's change to C4-A flat4 which happened at precisely 3.33pm, attracted about 1,000 spectators including Cage fans.'
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"ORGAN2/ASLSP As Slow aS Possible", a 4.07 metre-long score which would stretch to an estimated 47,000 kilometres in its elongated form, originally took a mere 29 minutes and 15 seconds to perform when it was premiered in 1987. Believe it or not, it has become one of the most talked about events of the German cultural calendar. The weekend's change to C4-A flat4 which happened at precisely 3.33pm, attracted about 1,000 spectators including Cage fans.'
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