J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor (Largo)

Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor (BWV 1056), 2nd Movement (Largo), played by Trevor Pinnock.

The middle movement is probably from an oboe concerto in F major; is also the sinfonia to the cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156; and closely resembles the opening Andante of a Flute Concerto in G major (TWV 51:G2) by Georg Philipp Telemann in that the soloists play essentially identical notes for the first two-and-a-half measures. Although the chronology cannot be known for certain, Steven Zohn has presented evidence that the Telemann concerto came first, and that Bach intended his movement as an elaboration of his friend Telemann's original. The middle movement was used in the soundtrack for Woody Allen's 1986 film Hannah and Her Sisters.