"In Songs of Awe and Wonder, Andrew Webb-Mitchell has created a stunning set of symphonic songs on a grand scale. The music is full of passion and heroism, with glorious harmony and beautiful textures."
"The orchestration is beautifully detailed and the vocal writing creates a soaring line that carries the listener right through the vast canvas of the cycle."
“Songs of Awe and Wonder is a beautiful, joyous and uplifting new work by a very accomplished composer."
"Soaring vocal lines, sparkling orchestration and direct, vivid storytelling. A great new work.”
"Andrew Webb Mitchell has produced a remarkable and important work in Songs of Awe and Wonder."
"Dedicated to Gustav Mahler, this is passionate music on a grand scale – a modern day Song of the Earth."
"There is dream, daring and duende in the poetry of Songs of Awe and Wonder."
"The core of these lyrics is their sheer, stark elegiac power reminding me of how I felt the first time I heard Rilke's Duino Elegies."
PRESS RELEASE Beijing, April 3, 2014 Wray Armstrong, Chairman of Armstrong International Music and Arts, Beijing, announced today that British composer Andrew Webb-Mitchell will be one of the featured [...]
Andrew’s interview with Mika Lintu of Classic Radio Finland will be broadcast at 1:30pm next Monday, 23 December on Finnish national radio. During his interview, Andrew talked about the inspiration [...]
22nd May 2014 |
Beijing Concert Hall, Beijing, China |
Beijing Modern Music Festival Final Gala Concert. Ruan Yuqun (soprano) and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hu Yongyan perform the world premiere performance of Dances of Life and Death and the Beijing premiere of The Inspiration of Night from Songs of Awe and Wonder. |
