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''As Slow As Possible'' ('''''ASLSP''''' or '''''ASAP''''') is a musical piece composed by John Cage . It was originally written in 1985 for Piano ; a typical performance of the piano piece lasts for about 20 minutes. In , Germany , beginning in the year 2000 ; 639 years earlier, in the year 1361 , the first big organ had been constructed in that church. The actual performance commenced in the St. Burchardi church on September 5 , 2001 with a pause lasting until February 5 , 2003 . The first chord was played from then until July 5 , 2005 . Currently the organ is playing a three-note chord, A below Middle C , C above middle C (A3-C4-Fis4) and F-sharp, which began on January 5, 2006 and will conclude on May 5 , 2006 . The performance is planned to continue until September 4 , 2640 . THE PIECE ''As Slow As Possible'' is the slowest and longest lasting musical performance yet undertaken. The Score consists of eight pages which have been stretched to fit the wanted duration of 639 years. This duration is the difference between the date of the installation of the ancient organ of 1361 and the originally planned start of the performance in 2000 . This leads to a curve from 1361 over 2000 to 2639 . Unfortunately, the performance began, a bit delayed, on September 5 , 2001 . SOUND CHANGES The piece started with a rest of one and a half years, so the first audible sound appeared on February 5 , 2003 . Further dates for changing notes are:
On these dates St. Burchardi usually is well visited. Between October 5 2013 and September 5 2020 it will be impossible to take part at a sound change because there is none. The sound change of . THE INSTRUMENT An organ is being built specifically for this performance and will be finished in 2009. It is standing in the right transept of the Burchardi-church, while the bellows are in the left. Between January and May 2005, it contained only six pipes. Due to the fact that the instrument sounds constantly, there is a cube of acrylic glass around it to reduce the sound emissions. MEMORIAL PLAQUES In the church there are memorial plaques, one for each year of the composition. Any person who donates at least 1000EUR can get one plaque and define a text for it. On the web page of the project there is a list of the plaques still available resp. years. EXTERNAL LINKS
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