Organ 2/ASLSP

Organ² / ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible) is a piece of music composed by John Cage and is the slowest and longest lasting music performance ever made. It was written in 1987 for organ, originally adapted from the previous work ASLSP of 1985 at the suggestion of the organist Gerd Zacher. A regular interpretation of the piano piece lasts between 20 and 70 minutes.1 In 1985, Cage chose to omit the detail of "exactly how slow the piece should be played".The current interpretation of the piece in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt, Germany, began in 2001 and is scheduled to last for 639 years, ending in 2640.The performance really began in the church of San Burchardi on September 5, 2001 with a pause that lasted until February 5, 2003. The first chord was played for two years: from then until July 5, 2005. On 5 In January 2006 another new chord was performed, which ended on July 5, 2012. It was a chord of three notes: la3, do4 and fa♯4.The last musical event of the organ is a new chord (do4-la ♭ 4). On July 5, 2008, the weights that maintained the pedals of the organ were changed giving rise to the sixth change of chord (do3-re ♭ 3) .4 Two more organ tubes were added that same day to make the tone more complex . A machine, called an electric bellows, provides a continuous flow of air that keeps the tubes playing all the time.5 The sound that is currently playing can be heard on the website dedicated to this event.6The interpretation will last until September 5, 2640.Sound changes [edit]The piece began with a silence of seventeen months, on September 5, 2001, commemorating the 89th anniversary of the birth of composer John Cage.6 The first audible sound emerged on February 5, 2003. The following changes are listed below.July 5, 2004July 5, 2005January 5, 2006May 5, 2006July 5, 2008November 5, 2008February 5, 2009July 5, 2010February 5, 2011August 5, 2011July 5, 2012October 5, 2013September 5, 2020