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| Master's Lodge, Christ's |
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| Entrance to Christ's |
We haven't been at all good about trying to achieve our goal of seeing all thirty-something colleges in the University. So we knocked 4 off the list last weekend, getting up early to take advantage of the nice sunny morning before the rainy afternoon. We didn't realize it was the half-marathon so didn't think we could even cross the road to get to most of them, but eventually we found the crossing spot and managed to execute our plan. The colleges are like cloisters. You enter off the busy road through a big gate in a wall (the Porter's Lodge), and when you enter the college it is like going through the rabbit hole and emerging in another world. Typically you enter through the oldest "court" which is a square of very old buildings with green space in the middle (those famous lawns). Then you go through more gates to progressively newer courts, passing various gardens and standard buildings like the Master's Lodge, Chapel, Library, Tutorial Offices, Residences and (Dining) Halls. Many things are not open to the public. Eventually you end up in the newer parts of campus which have modern buildings. Some of the colleges front the river and in fact span over to the other side. Their age and who studied there is truly amazing.
We saw:
- Trinity College: Founded 1546 by Henry VIII. Alums include Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, and even Prince Charles.
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| Trinity Gate |
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| Entering Trinity |
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| St. John's |
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| St. John's across the Cam |
We've also been to
Foundation Concert: Haydn Celebration
Saturday 14 March 2015, 5.30pm
John Wallace, alumnus, is a well known and virtuoso exponent of
Haydn’s ground-breaking trumpet concerto. Haydn’s Mass in Time
of War is one of his celebrated late mass settings.
- Haydn: Te Deum
- Haydn: Organ concerto in C
- Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat
- Haydn: Paukenmesse – Missa in Tempore Belli
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