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As Andy noted, it is John Cage Organ2/ASLSP On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:28 AM, Per Boysen wrote: > maybe someone else knows the church from www.john-cage.halberstadt.de "The place will be St. Burchardi one of the oldest churches of the city. Built around 1050 by Burchard of Nahburg, this church functioned as Cistercian convent for more than 600 years. In the 30 years lasting war, St. Burchardi was partially destroyed but rebuild in 1711 and secularized by Jérome in 1810. For 190 years the church was used as a barn, a hovel, a distillery and a sty." from PlaybillArts "But a group of musicologists decided several years ago to take its title at face value, and initiated a 639-year performance of the work on a church organ in Halberstadt, Germany (the length was chosen to match the age of the organ). The performance began in September 2001 with the inflation of the organ's bellows, followed by 18 months of silence. In February 2003, a chord was heard, and in July 2004 two notes were added. The new chord—an A, a C, and an F-sharp—will last until 2012. According to the Times, the performance is being carried out with the help of sandbags placed on the keys." regards BobC http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier2 http://tinyurl.com/cr25j http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn--iF6a4Xo http://www.flickr.com/photos/41969054@N00/sets/72157594240725240