Every Fourth of July, the Boston Pops concert on the Esplanade ends with a bang. And it isn't just fireworks. The high point of the 1812 Overture includes firing cannons. The piece is about Russia's ...

The National Symphony Orchestra performs "The 1812 Overture" on 2024’s "A Capitol Fourth." Experience the magic of the incredible fireworks from our nation’s capital set to the sounds of the renowned ...

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Thursday night, for the 50th time, Boston's annual Fourth of July celebration will come to a crescendo of cannon fire, fireworks and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The tradition began in 1974 when ...

Somehow, over the past half-century and with hardly anyone noticing, the 19th century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has become as integral to the Fourth of July as George Washington and ...

Antal Dorati conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. side 1: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49; side 2: Wellington's Victory (Mercury SRD 198). 33-1/3 rpm. https ...

One of Washington's most cherished traditions, almost as popular as Handel's "Messiah" in December, is the National Symphony Orchestra's annual performance of Tchaikovsky's "1812" Overture at Wolf ...

Notre Dame football has countless gameday traditions but one of the biggest is the playing of the 1812 Overture between the third and fourth quarters. The band plays the final portion of the overture ...