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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris Jun 20, 2020, 10:46 PM UTC

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

https://youtu.be/LeR6cSFObn4 Of Vidas Pinkevičius's (@organduo) compositions, this prelude on the classic Protestant Good Friday hymn, "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded," is my favorite. The piece is short…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris Jun 19, 2020, 8:04 AM UTC

A Musical Prayer: "Kyrie (Organ Improvisation) "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzFd8OzKq-s I recorded these two improvisations a few days ago - Tuesday, 16 June, 2020, to be exact. Tonight I combined the two improvisations (which were recorded ba…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris Jun 15, 2020, 12:49 AM UTC

Three New YouTube Videos and a Gamut of Emotions

I recently posted a couple new YouTube videos, and I would like to tell you a little about them... https://youtu.be/HerAlRv9AqM "Once Upon a Time" and "In Your Arms Again" are short piano pieces I co…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris Jun 14, 2020, 4:20 AM UTC

"Prelude in C minor" by Joseph Rheinberger - Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_CHSa2VN8 Despite the title "prelude," which may suggest a more traditional, through-composed work, this "Prelude in C minor" by Joseph Rheinberger is a fugue-like w…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris Jun 1, 2020, 7:08 AM UTC

Two New YouTube Videos: Electronic Music Works

https://youtu.be/KwbtwOM7MvM Recorded August 2019, Osiris was inspired by reading about the ancient Hellenistic "mystery religion" associated with the worship of Isis and Osiris. The music depicts wo…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris May 29, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

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

https://youtu.be/miKJIdhJ9do My entry for this week's contest is the seventh piece from Johannes Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes (for Organ) (Op. 122). https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/michae…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris May 23, 2020, 7:16 PM UTC

Four Miniatures (for Organ) - Composed by Michael Calabris/Performed by James Flores

Yesterday James Flores (@contrabourdon) finished recording the last of the four miniatures, and this morning I posted onto SoundCloud his recording of the complete composition. https://soundcloud.com…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris May 23, 2020, 5:51 AM UTC

New Compositions and Their Inspiration and Meaning

https://soundcloud.com/michaelcalabris/hall-of-mirrors-excerpts Hall of Mirrors is, at its most basic level, a musical depiction of what the exterior and interior "worlds" can seem like from the pers…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris May 20, 2020, 3:18 AM UTC

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

https://youtu.be/O3X2VFMjXnk 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 about…

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michaelcalabris
@michaelcalabris May 14, 2020, 9:02 PM UTC

"...On second thought, let's..." from Four Miniatures (for Organ) by Michael Calabris | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 72

https://youtu.be/Lhbcq4qlnIU My entry for the Secrets of Organ Playing Contest this week is the first piece from a new composition entitled Four Miniatures (for Organ). As the title suggests, this pi…

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