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Jan. 5, 2006 — A new chord was scheduled to sound Thursday in the world's slowest and longest lasting concert that is taking a total 639 years to perform. The abandoned Buchardi church in Halberstadt, eastern Germany, is the venue for a mind-boggling 639-year-long performance of a piece of music by U.S. experimental composer John Cage (1912-1992). Entitled "organ2/ASLSP" (or "As SLow aS Possible"), the performance began on Sept. 5, 2001 and is scheduled to last until 2639. The first year and half of the performance was total silence, with the first chord — G-sharp, B and G-sharp — not sounding until Feb. 2, 2003. Then in July 2004, two additional Es, an octave apart, were sounded and are scheduled to be released later this year on May 5. |
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But at 5 p.m. (11 a.m. ET) on Thursday, the first chord was due to progress to a second — comprising A, C and F-sharp — and is to be held down over the next few years by weights on an organ being built especially for the project. Cage originally conceived "ASLSP" in 1985 as a 20-minute work for piano, subsequently transcribing it for organ in 1987. But organizers of the John Cage Organ Project decided to take the composer at his word and stretch out the performance for 639 years, using Cage's transcription for organ. The enormous running time was chosen to commemorate the creation of Halberstadt's historic Blockwerk organ in 1361 — 639 years before the current project started. That original organ, built by Nikolaus Faber for Halberstadt's cathedral, was the first organ ever to be used for liturgical purposes, ringing in a new era in which the organ has played a central role in church music ever since. As part of Halberstadt's John Cage Organ Project, a brand-new organ is being built specially, with new pipes added in time for when new notes are scheduled to sound. Cage was a pupil of one of the 20th century's most influential composers, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). Cage's avant-garde oeuvre includes works such as the notorious "4'33," a piece comprising four minutes and 33 seconds of total silence, all meticulously notated. The organizers of the John Cage Organ Project say the record-breaking performance in Halberstadt also has a philosophical background — to "rediscover calm and slowness in today's fast-changing world." |
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I think he's just taking the piss now. |
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well hes dead now ey. 'Cage originally conceived "ASLSP" in 1985 as a 20-minute work for piano, subsequently transcribing it for organ in 1987. But organizers of the John Cage Organ Project decided to take the composer at his word and stretch out the performance for 639 years, using Cage's transcription for organ.' but for sure. hes taking some sort of piss isnt he. |
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OMG, lol |
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Repooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssst x 10²² |
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how many posts have there been about the new chord tho!! |
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as far as i remember this is a hoax its not the longest piece of music ever anyway |
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4'33 wasn't "meticulously notated" was it? I thought it was just a piece of sheet music with one long rest?.. |
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can i get this on mp3!? |
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Fuck MP3, I want it in FLAC. |
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lol |
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was talking about with a friend, wants to know if you recorded and sped it up to 20 minutes if itd sound the sound : o |
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not, it's all proper notation and several motions... |
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*stops the presses* |
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The other day some girl IM'ed me asking if I've ever heard of a composer named 'Johnny Cage.' |
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