“…The music was very impressive at high mass, the choir being largely reinforced for the occasion. Dachauer’s Second Mass, which was written many years ago for the celebrated church of St. Eustache, Paris, and in which Grisi and Alboni have repeatedly sung, was selected by the composer and organist as the most appropriate for the great festival. It is a truly grand work, melodious and dramatic to an extent beyond the ordinary standard of the present day. There is a duet for soprano and contralto, ‘Qui Tollis,’ which is worthy of Rossini. It was rendered by Mlle. Corradi and Gomien with an effect, finish of expression and artistic phrasing that is rarely heard outside the grand opera. Mlle. Gomien infused the true spirit of devotion and prayerfulness in the dramatic solo, ‘Et Incarnatus Est,’ and Mr. Pflueger gave to the beautiful melody, ‘Agnus Dei,’ all the wealth of expression it demanded. Dachauer’s ‘Veni Creator,’ an unaccompanied quartet, was sung before the sermon, and a ‘Regina Coeli,’ a brilliant, spirited work by the same composer, for soprano, solo and chorus, in which the éclatante voice of Mlle. Corradi was heard to the best advantage…”