Published on

05/08/2026 - 12:56 GMT+2

Certain artists love to defy standard 2-hour runtimes when it comes to concerts, with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and The Cure known for their lengthy and bladder-punishing setlists.

However, none can compete with an organ in Germany, which is playing one composition in essentially the world's slowest concert - one which will outlive us all.

Aptly titled 'ORGAN²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)', the piece began playing on 5 September 2001 at the medieval St Burchardi church in the eastern town of Halberstadt in Germany and won't finish until the year 2640.