Episode 6 Frederick Swann, Organist “Crown Prince of the King of Instruments!”
Segment 1: Fred’s early years in Virginia; Son of a Methodist Bishop and became the church organist at 10 years old! Study at Northwestern University and Union Theological Seminary in New York. Substitute organist at Riverside, St. Bartholomew’s, and Brick Church.
Music Fugue on the Great Theme of the Carillon of Soissons Cathedral, Maurice Duruflé from the Album The Mystic Organ, recorded at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC Fred Swann, Organist
Segment 2: The Riverside Church Years, 1957 – 1982.
Music: Bells of Riverside, Seth Bingham. From the album, Riverside Revisited. Fred Swann, Organist.
Segment 3: The Crystal Cathedral Years, 1982 – 1998.
Music: O Magnify the Lord written by Fred Swann in honor of Arvella Schuller’s 60th Birthday. From the Album, O Magnify the Lord, The Crystal Cathedral Choir. Gothic G-49048
Segment 4: First Congregational, Los Angeles, 1998 – 2001…and beyond.
Music: Fugue on “St. Denio” by John Weaver. Written for Fred Swann’s retirement from Crystal Cathedral. From the Album, Great Organs of First Church, Vol. 1, Fred Swann, organist.
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