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...Cambridge and Eaton of the "Ajax" of Sophocles are in unison throughout, with accompaniment for harp (representing the lyre), and a small orchestra, reinforced by a drum. The music which the late Sir Sterndale Bennett was writing for the same tragedy is conceived more in the style of Mendelssohn's Greek tragedies ("Antigone" and "OEdipus") than in that adopted by his successor at Cambridge University. Only two pieces, unfortunately, were left complete - the overture and funeral march...
...officially connected with the university, filling the offices successively of overseer, fellow, Alford Professor and president. The service opened promptly at 10.30 with the rendition of an organ voluntary and the singing of the anthem "Integer Vitae" by the college choir. Then followed an invocation by Rev. Pitt Dillingham, Mendelssohn's "Beati Mortui" by the chapel choir, reading from Scriptures, prayer of dedication by Rev. J. H. Morison, response (Schubert Savetus) and a hymn by the congregation...
Overture (Hebrides) Mendelssohn...
Hunting Song Mendelssohn...
Symphony in D minor. (Reformation.) No. 5, op. 107. . . . . . . . Mendelssohn...