Peter Child: Reviews: String Quartet No. 1
Composed 1987. APNM.


Excerpt from The Boston Globe, April 28, 1987


By Richard Buell

With the String Quartet of Peter Child, receiving its premiere, the Lydian's hospitality to the new brought a highly satisfying return. This is a strong, serious piece that knows what it means and knows how to say it. The dramatic shapes in it are beautifully meshed, and a sense of creative, generative momentum runs all through it, leading the listener on irresistibly. This Quartet was the genuine article, likewise the spirited, cogent performance. One felt honored to be there.