<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:49:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/organduo/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" by Vidas Pinkevičius | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest (Week 77)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, but beautifully crafted.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/o-sacred-head-now-wounded-by-vidas-pinkevicius-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-77</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/o-sacred-head-now-wounded-by-vidas-pinkevicius-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-77</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc15VtwBcpcN8W6x3S58FykrX2mJhJ4xJgDWrw61zkdc5xpaCt5RzKkbDHBafXeH5fFk6BT1s9tDno3jvPdHsSg5cDGYC58xFMV58nUwoSQnZJ1yrox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["O Gott, du frommer Gott" from "Eleven Chorale Preludes (for Organ)" (Op. 122) by Johannes Brahms | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 74]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 cornerstones of the organ repertoire. "O]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/o-gott-du-frommer-gott-from-eleven-chorale-preludes-for-organ-op-122-by-johannes-brahms-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/o-gott-du-frommer-gott-from-eleven-chorale-preludes-for-organ-op-122-by-johannes-brahms-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 23:24:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVpDFaJstf8k51sWT7BGXqvfX11RjccoBcgKjeVrfsc3JgELh9XBuRxPtfw5eg32t4MHhh3aJQuXJxKBkvdJrfnJHbyLJqPoWLkJyvqFmgECsDpo5yptCkHihihsxEoZtDK4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Thirty-Four" by Michael Calabris | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 73]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Thirty-Four on this blog, so I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/thirty-four-by-michael-calabris-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-73</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/thirty-four-by-michael-calabris-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-73</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 03:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QC6deq48A6iDhUtxbHe8KjUifJ4gpkrDZp7umK2475A3GBzeBHoY6NxXsS29KM9ifybH6DwLU6dSyUziBBDWPnwdncQ2HmkKz8Nxv15GWQHf6Ms9T34a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the Oracle of Delphi - An Organ Improvisation by Michael Calabris | Secrets of Organ Playing Contest Week 71]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 to the mysterious Oracle of Apollo at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/at-the-oracle-of-delphi-an-organ-improvisation-by-michael-calabris-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/at-the-oracle-of-delphi-an-organ-improvisation-by-michael-calabris-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-71</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 02:13:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8RBevPfbFiptEzy81dwSb5HAhkEs8BfvLkNg7kht4KcQMkYvU7X86QjQ9Ft4shTfDkthutXD6yQVNbKikyZjrysvDLGdBGXmBBuHS879L11CPWk2ri6uhxaaar?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[___________________________________________________________]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/erschienen-ist-der-herrlich-tag-from-chorale-improvisations-for-organ-op-65-by-sigfrid-karg-elert-1877-1933-or-secrets-of-organ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/erschienen-ist-der-herrlich-tag-from-chorale-improvisations-for-organ-op-65-by-sigfrid-karg-elert-1877-1933-or-secrets-of-organ</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 03:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZo6c43w4BYMq3Z45dLesHCsGJGEjt68cZymSv7udGU9RfE4KyGRJx6BDWQyT4ZutUVohWxL6cmUvoLNF6rv3vaqEFGqY3sqMLjFtfAQE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[_________________________________________________________________]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/preludio-maestoso-carson-cooman-b-1982-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/secretsoforganplaying/@michaelcalabris/preludio-maestoso-carson-cooman-b-1982-or-secrets-of-organ-playing-contest-week-67</guid><category><![CDATA[secretsoforganplaying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:43:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZo6c43w4BYMq3Z45dLesHCsGJGEjt68cZymSv7udGU9RfE4KyGRJx6BDWQyT4ZutUWXbk1G4awcotfChpxj8vdLvRpaZ2u84dnJiV1ev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karg-Elert]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, I've been "binge-listening" to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/karg-elert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/karg-elert</guid><category><![CDATA[classical-music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Feb 2020 06:36:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBMyrmy6nbAeLQTYr69SSzAXjWihLP5mhZGWk98FGmDFVT53f6ykkXMbBsRMEV3aVpe5LiGyAKmcWWQuPz2vn9yfM4XuPQDmFCWuqH24XWE21atYpmnMF4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Riffs" - new Organ Improvisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 after I finished practicing at the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sonicgroove/@michaelcalabris/riffs-new-organ-improvisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sonicgroove/@michaelcalabris/riffs-new-organ-improvisation</guid><category><![CDATA[sonicgroove]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozaraNVhySvg7gv6HxPrntAUXsyzsPsv554uFrEgNvLFiWmTUMPZZQi9uzQqtVNqST5jMU6huo2qv6UiduB9YJffMvQQiP2FYDiErHtfChWFPzcrMKHdGVeTmVi5q3DD91VnkhPzXb6ZYFd6jH4zwDz4N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["No. 4 (Moderato)" from "Gregorian Album" (Volume I) by Eugène Gigout]]></title><description><![CDATA[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!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/no-4-moderato-from-gregorian-album-volume-i-by-eugene-gigout</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/no-4-moderato-from-gregorian-album-volume-i-by-eugene-gigout</guid><category><![CDATA[classical-music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 23:54:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPD4Ewnt81FvEHNPP2xP53f42tk2gyuA5VaQuBbPW5i423mvnJ6Siod27ZeimMFXEoVwLLbJoYgDNn42MGhp7Uqas5NXa6PMBQxmc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Updates - Recordings and Recital]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 For Vidas, a fughetta in the Phrygian]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/updates-recordings-and-recital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/updates-recordings-and-recital</guid><category><![CDATA[organduo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvCMJTX7owXd26zXYjZqAJUBTewkwpoEFuRzL1nF22iUyCz7hkusjgRYCnfe6AUX7oyZa1N5aJ62zD9DPLqZP5MQs2HyazaypgCj88t6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Beautiful Organ Improvisation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a recently posted (and extremely beautiful and moving) improvisation by Dr. Vidas Pinkevicius that I hope you will check out.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/a-beautiful-organ-improvisation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/a-beautiful-organ-improvisation</guid><category><![CDATA[organduo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:51:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHb4W5r2moN22PuJJYMiLPD8c6AqH22YCZL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New organ improvisation: "Weather Report, Massillon, Ohio, January 18, 2020"]]></title><description><![CDATA[People from Ohio often joke about how quickly (and seemingly illogically) the weather here changes. After several days of record-breaking temperatures last week (nearly 70°F!), the weather today was rather]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/new-organ-improvisation-weather-report-massillon-ohio-january-18-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/classical-music/@michaelcalabris/new-organ-improvisation-weather-report-massillon-ohio-january-18-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[classical-music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFcYhpieXDZKL9xh81NpLqfMJ2trtwUJ44gF2gzcAPhSNEf1VYcYCsW6dT9qTwC2ZQxXoPgmyQT3KL1H56isunVcpuVngT7HQ7TZ124s8buhTXzv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Improvisation for Advent 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, Emmanuel" as well as on the melody]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/improvisation-for-advent-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/improvisation-for-advent-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[organduo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:40:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9dx1buQgbead6RxJghsxgTVaHHi8jfYMWwDcBx2fQXyTd1YkfovQDcJpKDCoLjU6RVgdwBXTvv2H7M6A51vumoxFpVJPrkShiBLf9AahmpSJdQSqqW4YDcSzcYdsvHVXsZ3vdzZyHE4rkMfGgmnbF6ikJ4ZR6kFpwNJyYxfF61kGiciMWd8N3fUZJZo1qAgeArXWSk3pJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmoniums, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Harry Partch, and the "Chromelodeon"]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 grandparents' house. At one time, harmoniums]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/classicalmusic/@michaelcalabris/harmoniums-sigfrid-karg-elert-harry-partch-and-the-chromelodeon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/classicalmusic/@michaelcalabris/harmoniums-sigfrid-karg-elert-harry-partch-and-the-chromelodeon</guid><category><![CDATA[classicalmusic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:16:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eN2sjjRbUo51f2aNkdJsuGFC9wQRHzumuFk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's New?]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. Here are some of the things I've been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/what-s-new</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/organduo/@michaelcalabris/what-s-new</guid><category><![CDATA[organduo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V5DURPRjXGGbaDEqxVkrau4GdmEyKy4mZwb26woe46YUVi7U4nZCufWdRPVjKcsFXLuiKnFbX6kWbx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meme Challenge #147 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello , Meme Challenge #147 Opidia 🍍]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memechallenge/@opidia/meme-challenge-147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memechallenge/@opidia/meme-challenge-147</guid><category><![CDATA[memechallenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[opidia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:31:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm42j8GnpdnmmbBwy8ezgJG9sn6BKTkFjLZTgXfPv3moHevaSpheEEsE94r7EUpXk9FF6v4esQS2V8dFapdBGm7WfCRQ6r92777Dof2qUixrf5Ed69HWfYycnoN4jmLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Frottole (arranged by Andrea Antico/performed by Michael Calabris)]]></title><description><![CDATA[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," a collection of keyboard pieces]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/four-frottole-arranged-by-andrea-antico-performed-by-michael-calabris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/four-frottole-arranged-by-andrea-antico-performed-by-michael-calabris</guid><category><![CDATA[creativecoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 04:04:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrapunctus VII from J.S. Bach's "The Art of Fugue"]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 VII in particular) when I was in college]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/contrapunctus-vii-from-j-s-bach-s-the-art-of-fugue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/contrapunctus-vii-from-j-s-bach-s-the-art-of-fugue</guid><category><![CDATA[creativecoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtGHGtpZ8vntvXaV6ds7VSqHaUKtehrZaTG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DTube | Diablo 3 RoS gameplay (start season first time)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Powered by @battlegames Battlegames.io I Battletube.io ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@voxmortis/k3b0llaneaj</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@voxmortis/k3b0llaneaj</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voxmortis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 09:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHefWK95n7kbpqRg6FYqwQxXZVtZN6z6xawxJfGyemrfAxneyhRC4tnUqzsXwQ2gR7TCGhM3d7MnoZjBvkSUKeL4Ed?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyrie Eleison]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 Orthodox chant, Latin plainchant, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/kyrie-eleison</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/creativecoin/@michaelcalabris/kyrie-eleison</guid><category><![CDATA[creativecoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelcalabris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:25:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>