Popular among Japanese classical audiences, Tchaikovsky’s “The Year 1812 Solemn Overture, op. 49,” known simply as the “1812 Overture,” is being pulled from some concert programs amid ...

The 1812 Overture: the hit that Tchaikovsky hated It was within this context of personal turmoil that Tchaikovsky composed his most famous and most triumphant of works: the 1812 Overture. Sadly, ...

Many people may remember when on July 4, 1974, The Boston Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Arthur Fiedler, gave Americans a rousing rendition of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture ...

Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 Op 49. Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall.

The powerful finale is the always spectacular TchaikovskyAca,!a,,cs Overture 1812, including explosive cannon fire by the Presidential Salute Battery of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard).

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" ⁠— which celebrates Russia's victory against Napoleon ⁠— has been a staple of Fourth of July celebrations for decades. But some ensembles are ...

When Tchaikovsky’s "1812 Overture" was performed in Russia during the communist era, the Czarist anthem was replaced with music by another composer. Michael Zaretsky, a violist in the Boston Symphony ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his piece The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E flat major in commemoration of the Russian Army's successful defense of Moscow against Napoleon's advancing troops at ...

The National Symphony Orchestra performs the "1812 Overture" at the 2023 A Capitol Fourth. Celebrate the majesty and grand spectacle of the National Symphony Orchestra as they perform the time ...

The U.S. Army Band will perform Peter I. Tchaikovsky’s Overture "1812" on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m. Sylvan Theater at the Washington Monument Grounds. If you are not able to attend in person ...

It sounded horrible. The battle of Borodino, 7 September 1812 The Battle of Borodino, the event that Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture commemorates, was the key battle of the Napoleonic Wars, and also its ...