"....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."
Fuzhou News Network September 5th (Fuzhou Evening News reporter Weng Yumin, photographer Chen Nuan) Last night, the German Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra appeared at the Straits Culture and Art Center, […]
Andrew Webb-Mitchell has recently completed his latest orchestral work, Night of Sevens. Structured in sonata form, the new work is a single movement tone poem, inspired by the traditional Chinese […]
Andrew Webb-Mitchell is delighted to announce that his Violin Concerto ‘Arin Mirkan’ will receive its world premiere in Cologne on 29th April, 2018. The concerto will be performed by Russian-American […]
Whilst sketching my violin concerto in the autumn of 2014, western media was saturated by news of the continuing Syrian nightmare and, in particular, events in Kobani. Among the multitude […]
Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their Beijing debut at the Central Conservatory of Music on 4th November 2017 with a performance of classical choral masterworks, including works by Byrd, Purcell, Mendelssohn […]
Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their second appearance of the season at Guiyang Grand Theatre in a concert performance of Puccini Madama Butterfly on 24th June with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, […]
Andrew’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir made their Guiyang debut on 18 March 2017 at Guiyang Grand Theatre with Holst The Planets performed by the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rico […]
The world premiere performance of Koh-i-Noor, Mountain of Light took place on 1st January 2017, performed by the Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Thomas Sanderling. The performance formed part of two […]
Andrew Webb-Mitchell’s Zhuhai Classical Children’s Choir is gradually gaining a reputation as one of the outstanding choirs in Asia, performing western classical music to the highest international standards. Last weekend […]
Andrew is excited to announce that his latest orchestral work Koh-i-Noor, Mountain of Light was recorded last Friday by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Mikel Toms. This was Andrew’s […]
Andrew is excited to announce that one of his art songs ‘Dreams of Flight’ will be performed next month in Minneapolis by the Oratorio Society of Minnesota. It will be […]
“An impressive work of Mahlerian dimensions. Mention of Mahler brings Das Lied von der Erde to mind in a symphonic cycle for two singers and orchestra lasting just over an […]
DANCES of Life and Death and The Inspiration of Night — composed by Zhuhai sojourner and English music educator Andrew Webb-Mitchell — were presented by the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and […]
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 […]
The physical CD of Andrew’s orchestral song cycle, Songs of Awe and Wonder is now available to buy from Amazon UK. The disc will also soon be available from […]
The latest film for Andrew’s orchestral song cycle, Songs of Awe and Wonder has been released and is now available to watch on YouTube. Earthscape is compiled from over 20,000 individual […]
Andrew is delighted to announce that his music will be featured on the Composers Circle website this coming Friday, 25 October. Established in May last year by American composer, Eric Guinivan, […]
The official recording of Andrew’s orchestral song cycle, Songs of Awe and Wonder will be officially released by the independent classical label, First Creative, later this month. The CD will […]
The short film for Andrew’s orchestral art song, Kites Over Malvern is now available on YouTube. The film features Chinese tenor Hui Jin and was filmed on location in […]
Posted Mon, 2013-06-03 13:20 by Zhuhai Daily News Briefing ANDREW Webb-Mitchell, 43, an English musician, composer and music educator, has […]
Andrew Webb-Mitchell would like to extend his gratitude to the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt for granting permission to use Juraj Lipták’s wonderful image of the Nebra Sky Disc. The Inspiration of […]
Several movements from Andrew’s orchestral song cycle, Songs of Awe and Wonder can now be found on Soundcloud. SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform that allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings. Since joining […]
Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra concluded their historic first tour of China yesterday with a triumphant performance at the Tianjin Grand Theatre, part of the theatre’s inaugural season. […]
Joanna Boulter and I are delighted to announce that Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra will give the world premiere performance of The Inspiration of Night on 11th October […]
August 3, 2012 7:28 pm By Peter Aspden The FT’s arts writer visits China to see how the UK Now festival is showcasing British culture for Chinese audiences. Four […]
Andrew Webb-Mitchell has been appointed Director of Education at the Tianjin Grand Theatre, China. He will begin the post with immediate effect and will oversee the development of the Tianjin […]
The following article was first published in the poetry magazine, Mimesis, in Autumn 2008. Songs of Awe and Wonder librettist, Joanna Boulter, discusses aspects of her musical collaboration with Andrew Webb-Mitchell. “For much […]
We are delighted to have been able to collaborate with the English composer Andrew Webb-Mitchell on the world premiere recording of his orchestral song cycle Songs of Awe and Wonder. We spent […]