# There will be a note added to John Cage's "Organ2/ASLSP" on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140 "2024-02-05T14:42:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/1 "2024-02-05T14:42:14Z")
John Cage wrote Organ2/ASLSP “As Slow As Possible” in 1987. While a typical performance lasts around an hour, there have been performances that extend to the 14 hour mark. On September 5th, 2001, St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt began a performance that will last until September 4, 2640. At some point today (the article I’ve found doesn’t mention what time), there will be a note added to the already playing chord. “This coming Monday, 5 February 2024, organ pipes will change once again. The current chord (C, D-flat, D-sharp, E, A-sharp and E) becomes (C, D-flat, D, D-sharp, E, A-sharp and E), meaning a D note will be added.” This is the first change since February, 2022, and will be the last change until August 5th, 2026. > **[A 639-year-long John Cage organ performance has a rare chord change on Monday](https://www.classicfm.com/composers/cage/as-slow-a-possible-aslsp-germany-organ-chord-change/?fbclid=IwAR3JjxqGJ5oZLbAM0PyZ2Ap__SKRMGwUuDfwsR2vNUkQM3nq15ZVTUzNm9M)** > > On Monday, at a church in Germany, a single chord will change in an iconic piece of 20th-century music, which ends in the year 2640. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/2 "2024-02-05T22:25:56Z")
Poor Diane Luches is still holding Germany’s beer. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/3 "2024-02-05T22:29:51Z")
I wish my organ had that kind of staying power. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/4 "2024-02-05T22:34:18Z")
Huh. Between the already dissonant cluster and the fact that D is very much in the middle, I suspect that the difference would be hard to hear. It sure is when I try to play it on my keyboard. Though, if you’ve listened to it for a while, maybe it would stand out more. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/5 "2024-02-06T00:39:52Z")
I’m not sure why, but I find it oddly comforting that while there are so many ugly things going on in the world, human beings are complex enough that some are committing this much effort to doing something so profoundly weird. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/6 "2024-02-06T00:50:28Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > September 4, 2640. I was all set to get a ticket for the finale on September 4, 2640 but, would you believe it, I have a BBQ on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/7 "2024-02-06T00:54:37Z")
I’m waiting for the Ryan Adams cover. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-will-be-a-note-added-to-john-cages-organ2-aslsp-on-monday-feb-5-2024/997140/8 "2024-02-06T01:56:31Z")
You’re reminding me of an old Russian joke… “There you are, sir. We’ve ordered your Lada. It should be delivered in fourteen years.” “Will that be morning or afternoon?” “Uhh, it will be fourteen years from now - why do you need to know that far in advance?” “In fourteen years, plumber is coming in the morning.”