Andrew Webb-Mitchell

The English Composer

• "....his competence as an orchestrator is faultless, over-ridden by his genuine creative gifts. Imagine, if you will, a latter-day Tippett at the outset of his career: it is that good.”

• "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."

• "What a work it was! I could go on and on about its beauty, accessibility, anti-modern but still new and different, use of color throughout the ensemble, ...But most importantly... The little touch of magic....

• ....(the) ability to craft a score that was so intense, thick, and full of rich and challenging parts for every individual instrument..

• and, at the same time, one that the average patron with little musical background can embrace."

• “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."