"Colin Mawby has for many years been composing works which are easy to learn, sound beautiful, are effective and are feasible for smaller, more modest church choirs. One of the main reasons for the lasting success of his music is the way he ranges from liturgical homophony through to majestic polyphony. He expresses in a simple and unpretentious way what church music is all about: lifting one’s heart to the Lord. [...] My conclusion: buy it, learn it and pray it as you sing!"
[Barbara Stühlmeyer
in: Musica Sacra 03/2008]
"All of Colin Mawby’s pieces so far reflect the composer’s mastery of the skill of writing works which are musically sophisticated but can be performed by “normal” choirs. Excellent service music for directors, singers and listeners!"
[Kirchenmusik im Bistum Trier 01/2007]
", ""The works by Mawby which Butz has kindly published enrich the repertoire. They are not difficult, are at a helpful pitch, are easily performed by choir and organ, and are written in a friendly, moderate, modern idiom. They are representative of typically effective English church music with its own serious aesthetics."
[Gabriel Dessauer
in: Kirchenmusik im Bistum Limburg 02/2006]
"A refreshing generosity is characteristic of Mawby’s works. Very good liturgical music which refreshes the repertoire of ambitious church choirs. The scores and clear layout are pleasing for performer, conductor and choir."
[Kirchenmusik im Bistum Mainz 12/2007]
", ""In Colin Mawby, Butz has brought a highly experienced English composer into its “stable”. His music offers good quality in clear and never boring harmonies, eminently performable in terms of both pitch and rhythm."
[Kirchenmusik im Bistum Limburg 02/2007]
", ""Colin Mawby’s compositions for choir have become a byword for easy-to-perform, varied and effective church music."
[Ludger Stühlmeyer
in: Kirchenmusik im Erzbistum Bamberg 2009]
"The Missa Festiva for 3-part mixed choir and orchestra and/or organ, and the Missa Brevis in A for 3-part choir and organ, show Mawby to be an important choral composer with a special penchant for performability. Based on a sound tonal foundation, his explorations of chromaticism always remain within the limits of understanding of the average choir, for which he writes with an effectiveness which sometimes approaches that of John Rutter."
[Jürgen Schaarwächter
in: BMS News 12/2009]
"Most of Mawby’s settings are on a smaller scale, where he is even more able to write exquisite miniatures."
[Jürgen Schaarwächter
in: BMS News 12/2009]
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