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Answers: It's 'The Flower Duet' from the opera 'Lakme' (which was written by Delibes if I remember rightly!) It's lovely, isn't it?

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Vaguely recall hearing I vow to thee my country .....

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Aria On Air by, of all people, Malcom McLaren.

In 1989 McLaren and composer Yanni arranged The Flower Duet into a work called 'Aria'. The 'Flower Duet' theme, taken from the French opera Lakme by Léo Delibes, had already been used by composer Howard Blake to accompany BA commercials since 1984. However, from 1989 McLaren and Yanni continued the musical brand identification established by Blake, further arranging the 'Flower Duet' and featuring it in BA's 'World's favourite Airline' global campaign of the 1980s and 1990s. 'Aria on Air' has become synonymous with the airline's brand as a result of the campaign's success.

This is the Ad in its first incarnation,

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it's the flower duet from lakme

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What kind of sad wanker are you? Who gives a dam...British Airways are crap. Now if it was used on an advert for Pakistan International Airways then maybe people of the England would give a toss!!!! LOOSER!!!! xx

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lykme by Debussy. Flower duet from Lakhme

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