organduo Tag Posts Index

"O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Vidas Pinkevičius | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest (Week 77)

Of Vidas Pinkevičius's (@organduo) compositions, this prelude on the classic Protestant Good Friday hymn, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded," is my favorite.

"O Gott, du frommer Gott" from "Eleven Chorale Preludes (for Organ)" (Op. 122) by Johannes Brahms | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 74

My entry for this week's contest is the seventh piece from Johannes Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes (for Organ) (Op. 122). Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes are

"Thirty-Four" by Michael Calabris | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 73

As was my entry for last week's contest, my entry for this week's Secrets of Organ Playing Contest is a work of my own composition: Thirty-Four. I have written much

At the Oracle of Delphi - An Organ Improvisation by Michael Calabris | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 71

Photo by DiChatz on Unsplash My entry for this week's Secrets of Organ Playing contest is an organ improvisation entitled At the Oracle of Delphi. The title refers

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Karg-Elert

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933) As my friends from Secrets of Organ playing know, I love both the harmonium as well as the music of Sigfrid Karg-Elert. In fact,

"Riffs" - new Organ Improvisation

After months of fatigue and depression I finally felt a little better today, so as a way to celebrate I recorded this rock music-inspired organ improvisation tonight

"No. 4 (Moderato)" from "Gregorian Album" (Volume I) by Eugène Gigout

I discovered this little gem earlier this week and decided to record it and create a YouTube video of it. The video follows the score. I hope you enjoy the video!

Updates - Recordings and Recital

I've been incredibly honored to have had several of my organ compositions recently recorded by my friends Dr. Vidas Pinkevičius and Mr. James Flores. Vidas recorded

A Beautiful Organ Improvisation

Here is a recently posted (and extremely beautiful and moving) improvisation by Dr. Vidas Pinkevicius that I hope you will check out.

New organ improvisation: "Weather Report, Massillon, Ohio, January 18, 2020"

People from Ohio often joke about how quickly (and seemingly illogically) the weather here changes. After several days of record-breaking temperatures last week

Improvisation for Advent 2019

Earlier this evening I recorded this improvisation in honor of the 2019 Advent season. The improvisation is based very loosely on the Advent hymn "Veni, Veni,

Harmoniums, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harry Partch, and the "Chromelodeon"

I was about five years old, maybe even younger, when I first played a musical instrument: an old electronic (or, more accurately, electrostatic) harmonium at my

What's New?

It's been a couple months since my last blog post. I've been incredibly busy during the intervening time, and my busyness has precluded writing/posting very much.

Meme Challenge #147

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Four Frottole (arranged by Andrea Antico/performed by Michael Calabris)

Despite an extremely busy schedule, I managed to find enough time recently to record four pieces from Andrea Antico's "Frottole Intabulate da Sonare Organi,"

Contrapunctus VII from J.S. Bach's "The Art of Fugue"

Contrapunctus VII has long been my favorite piece from Bach's "The Art of Fugue." I remember listening to "The Art of Fugue" (and Contrapunctus

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Kyrie Eleison

This is a recording of a setting of the "Kyrie Eleison" (for SATB Chorus) I composed in late November/early December 2016. The work was inspired by Greek