Gerard Nathanael Adrianus

Have you ever been to a long long concert, about 3 hours, and complained that the concert is too long? Well, it is nothing compared to the longest concert in history...

There is an organ concert at Halberstadt, a small village in Germany, which started in 2001 and have NOT ended till now. It is scheduled to end in the next 639 years! John Cage, the avant-garde american pianist, composed the four-page music for the organ, titled "As Slow As Possible." And the performers take it literally- they played a chord for five and a half years, before continuing to another chord.

A video footage of the organ and the church is available at BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7880793.stm

Good day,

Adrianus

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