I’ve tried searching the IMDB and soundtrack.net, but didn’t find anything. Of course, not all songs that are in a movie are always listed on the soundtrack.
The piece in question is the second movement of Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 (BWV 1056). I recall it played on a piano. I know it’s pretty similar to the more-famous Sinfonia of BWV 156, but that’s not what I’m looking for.
Here’s a recording, played a bit slower than I recall being used in the movie.
I know the song well, but cannot recall it having been used in a movie. FWLIW, Wiki doesn’t say anything about any cinematic use: Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach - Wikipedia
I remember Slaughterhouse Five runs the opening credits to it.
It was in Hannah and Her Sisters, but I don’t think that was a piano version.
In this youtube video you’ve linked to, one of the comments below the video says that it is used in Hannah and Her Sisters.
Very pretty and a great selection, though I never saw Hanna And Her Sisters. I’m more of a Beethoven kinda-guy when it comes to the classics, but I admit I need to check out some Bach as well.
Great post, btw!
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It sounds best played by a chamber orchestra . . . definitely not piano.
That’s it! The Glenn Gould recording really seemed like the one I remembered, too. (Also should have noticed the Youtube comments; I was just looking for a way for people to identify it). On edit: I suppose I should have clarified that only the harpsichord part was played on piano, not the orchestra part as in the Youtube video I linked.