What piece of music is playing during the scene, I would say 20 minutes in, when Elisabeth is taking off Paul's boots (and more), after he is brought home from being hit with the snowball?
I haven't continued watching this movie past this scene, I have been searching everywhere to find what piece this is. It is Bach, correct? Any more info?
Thanks!
The classical music for the entire movie is all from just two pieces:
* Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor for two violins and string orchestra (Opus 3, No. 8; RV 522). (In other venues, this piece is sometimes performed on organ, as Bach's transcription, BWV 593.)
* Bach's BWV 1065, which is a transcription for four pianos/harpsichords of Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for four violins, cello and strings (Op. 3, No. 10; RV 580).
To summarize: Both pieces were written by Vivaldi, and Bach also adapted them later for different instrumentation. Both pieces are part of the Vivaldi concerto grosso cycle called L'Estro Armonico:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27estro_armonico
If you use the RV or BWV numbers (or Opus and item numbers), you can find the pieces on YouTube, usually broken up into separate movements because of length restrictions.
(Also note: Bach changed the key of RV 580 from B minor to A minor when he created BWV 1065.)
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The musical pieces you list are indeed in the movie, but there is one piece missing, the one that one can hear during the credits, before the first scene :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODjg6h28E-Y&feature=youtu.be&t=1m8s
As far as I know, this isn't Vivaldi nor Bach (transcripting Vivaldi or not). Could be Giuseppe Torelli but I am not a Torelli's expert... Would you know by any chance which piece is this credits piece ? (Apparently it is a two violins concerto.)
Ok finally I know what the credits piece is : it is a piece later transcribed for harpsichord by Bach (BWV 979 last movement - allegro) and that was initially attributed to Torelli (concerto in D minor for violin and strings) and was only later attributed to Vivaldi : it started to be referenced RV Anh. 10 and finally RV 813. Two links, respectively to Bach version and Vivaldi/Torelli's one :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijWD81MdMnk&feature=youtu.be&t=7m47s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmPQ2eZVn7g&feature=youtu.be&t=7m14s
Case closed.
It was pretty interesting that the credits essentially read "music by Bach, but he stole it from Vivaldi". How nice of them to let us know. Bach would have been so pleased.
shareI loved the music throughout the whole movie. It was the best thing about it.
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