Tonic Jukebox History
WEEK SIXTEEN - Adverts
This week we feature six classic adverts and the music that made them so memorable.
Monday June 29
Bread
Hovis, New World Symphony, 2nd movement (Dvořák)
This famous advert for Hovis bread was filmed on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset in 1973, directed by Sir Ridley Scott.
Antonin Dvořák was a Czech composer. His 9th Symphony was written in 1893 while he was working in New York, hence the subtitle, From the New World or New World Symphony.
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-EjJt52ZQ
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASlch7R1Zvo
Tuesday June 30
Beer
Stella Artois, La Forza del Destino overture (Verdi)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OOFVnoXaaU
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUuJxE-iWbo
Wednesday July 1
Chocolate
Cadbury's Fruit and Nut chocolate, Dance of the Reed-Pipes from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXZacj0JLA
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3zMO_hF3Q
Thursday July 2
Cigars
Hamlet cigars, Air on a G string (J.S. Bach)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRwBBI1TGHM
It's worth listening to both versions. Which do you prefer?
Source 1 (on original instruments):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlw6fUux4o
Source 2 (orchestral version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqEOTYZuu-M
Friday July 3
Air travel
British Airways, Flower Duet from Lakmé, Delibes
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8upRVi4Hdk
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw
Weekend July 4/5
Ice cream
Cornetto, O Sole Mio (Di Capua)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZagCtwZcNU
Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD4CbBDNI0
Monday June 29
Bread
Hovis, New World Symphony, 2nd movement (Dvořák)
This famous advert for Hovis bread was filmed on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset in 1973, directed by Sir Ridley Scott.
Antonin Dvořák was a Czech composer. His 9th Symphony was written in 1893 while he was working in New York, hence the subtitle, From the New World or New World Symphony.
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-EjJt52ZQ
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASlch7R1Zvo
Tuesday June 30
Beer
Stella Artois, La Forza del Destino overture (Verdi)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OOFVnoXaaU
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUuJxE-iWbo
Wednesday July 1
Chocolate
Cadbury's Fruit and Nut chocolate, Dance of the Reed-Pipes from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXZacj0JLA
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x3zMO_hF3Q
Thursday July 2
Cigars
Hamlet cigars, Air on a G string (J.S. Bach)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRwBBI1TGHM
It's worth listening to both versions. Which do you prefer?
Source 1 (on original instruments):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlw6fUux4o
Source 2 (orchestral version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqEOTYZuu-M
Friday July 3
Air travel
British Airways, Flower Duet from Lakmé, Delibes
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8upRVi4Hdk
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw
Weekend July 4/5
Ice cream
Cornetto, O Sole Mio (Di Capua)
Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZagCtwZcNU
Piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD4CbBDNI0