Frederick Swann in Hawaii, vol. 2
with Nyle Hallman, Harpist
Central Union Church, Honolulu

In this second recording made in Hawaii, Frederick Swann is joined by harpist Nyle Hallman, who also is the Organist and Assistant Director of the Choirs at Central Union Church. The 68-rank organ at the church contains pipework from the original 1924 E. M. Skinner and the 1966 Aeolian-Skinner organ.  In 1995, Austin Organs reworked the instrument, added ranks and building a new console.

 

As always, Swann has crafted a program to please, beginning with Bach's great Toccata in D minor.

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor—J.S. Bach
Woodland Flute Call—Fannie Charles Dillon
Fanfare on the Agincourt Song (Deo Gratias)—Swann

A meditation on Brother James' Air—Harold Darke

Toccata on "Leoni"—Seth Bingham

Dialogue—Nicholas de Grigny

Adagio—Louis Vierne

March Solennelle—Charles Gounod (harp & organ)

Prelude and Fugue in C minor, Op. 37, No. 1—Felix Mendelssohn

Two hymn encores:

     Meditation on "Amazing Grace"

     Festival Toccata on St. Anne

Lei Aloha, Lei Makamae (harp & organ)—Charles E. King (harp & organ)
Scherzo--Cats—Jean Langlais
Blessed Assurance—Robert Hebble

Heraldings—Hebble