The longest concerts in classical music can stretch beyond four hours, exemplified by Wagner's Die Meistersinger and the Ring cycle. Erik Satie's Vexations represents an endurance piece with 840 repetitions, lasting between 10 and 19 hours. Karlheinz Stockhausen's Licht opera cycle, spanning 29 hours with unique staging elements, epitomizes superabundance. However, nothing compares to Longplayer, a 1,000-year-long composition for Tibetan singing bowls, which symbolizes a living artificial life form designed to explore survival strategies through sound over a millennium.
Longplayer, begun on 31 December 1999, is a millennium-long work for Tibetan singing bowls, designed to last 1,000 years and survive as an artificial life form.
Satie's Vexations requires 840 repetitions of the same motif, totaling between 10 and 19 hours, making it a true endurance test in classical music.
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