Lyle Chan String Quartet. An AIDS Activist’s Memoir in Music
Acacia QuartetClassical, New Music
2 CDs, Vexations 840 1401
www.vexations840.com
Reviewed by Gwen Bennett, July 1st, 2015
Lyle Chan was an activist at height of the AIDS catastrophe and his musical responses to events at that time are the basis of this work. Whilst not being program music in the usual sense, the background described in the accompanying booklet provides insights and a deeper understanding. His story is dramatic, of brave men… continue reading »
