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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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