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LONGINES WORLD'S MOST HONORED MUSIC PROGRAM {MICHEL PIASTRO} (RADIO)

Summary

One in this series of music programs sponsored by the Longines Watch Company, featuring the Longines Symphonette conducted by Michel Piastro. The orchestra plays "The March of the Marionettes" by Charles Gounod, and guest cellist Joseph Schuster plays "Memories" by David Popper. This is followed by the orchestra performing Paganini's "Perpetual Motion." An endorsement for Longines Watches follows. The program closes with a performance of a piece entitled "The Spanish Girl," followed by the closing theme, an arrangement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

Details

  • NETWORK: N/A
  • DATE: November 30, 1999
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:14:45
  • COLOR/B&W: N/A
  • CATALOG ID: R:7803
  • GENRE: Radio - Music
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Cello music; Conductors (music); Orchestral music
  • SERIES RUN: N/A
  • COMMERCIALS:
    • Radio - Commercials - Longines watches

CREDITS

  • Michel Piastro … Conductor
  • Joseph Schuster … Instrumentalist, Cellist
  • Longines Symphonette … Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Gounod … Composer
  • David Popper … Composer
  • Niccolo Paganini … Composer
  • Ludwig van Beethoven … Composer