Deryk Barker responded to Bert Bailey:
>> Patience and inner peace, they say.
>>
>> See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7880793.stm
>>
>
> 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.
Philip
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