Yoel Noorali

What were we all doing here? My 600-mile trip to hear an organ play a D natural

A John Cage recital that is set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change – 500 people made a pilgrimage to experience it

The crowd in the immediate vicinity of the organ at St Burchardi church, Halberstadt, had paid €200 [DPA Picture Alliance Archive / Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 17 February 2024
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