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Juilliard, studied in Paris 
and became familiar with 
the approaches of French 
composers. 
“Most of these pieces in 
the upcoming concert are 
by Germans writing in the 
French style,” Appel said. 
“French taste was central 
in Europe during the 17th 
and 18th centuries so a 
lot of German composers, 
including Bach, copied this 
wonderfully elegant and 
subtle writing that became 
the model all over Europe.”
Appel, who has missed 
stage appearances during 
the pandemic, can look 
back on concerts that have 
reached from Carnegie and 
Avery Fisher Halls in New 
York to the Spoleto Festival 
in Italy. He performed the 
Brandenburg Concerto in an 
earlier CMSD program. 
With technology moving 
attention away from CDs 
to digital platforms, Appel 
is changing his attention 

to online access, and with 
live concerts canceled, he 
is writing articles for music 
publications. A current 
performance project is the 
Bach harpsichord and violin 
sonatas.
“The music in the CMSD 
concert benefits from being 
heard closely,” said Appel, 
who describes himself as 
culturally Jewish and is 
married to photographer 
David Rodgers. “In my living 
room, the cameras and the 
microphones are really close 
to me so it’
s almost as if 
listeners are sitting with me 
in the room. 
“Listeners will hear more 
of how I phrase than they 
would in a concert hall that 
seats 350 people. They’
ll be 
much closer to the music, 
and this music wants to be 
close.” 

details 
The free harpsichord 
concert can be heard 
at 8 p.m. Thursday, 
Oct. 15, by going to 
chambermusicdetroit.org 
and selecting the
Andrew Appel link.

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