Philip Peters responded to Deryk Barker:

>> What strikes me as odd about this is that it was on BBC radio, while in
>> the UK a few years ago, that I heard of the longest concert work - which
>> was going to last IIRC well over 1000 years.
>
> This would be ORGAN2/ASLSP by John Cage.  (ASLSP As Slow As Possible)
> In principle Cage's work can take forever.  In practice it takes until
> the demise of the instrument.

I think you miss my point, which perhaps I didn't make very well.  The
piece I heard described as the world's longest, also on the BBC, was
*not* by Cage.  I don't recall the name but it was one I'd not head
before.

deryk ([log in to unmask])

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