Some ensembles have decided not to perform Tchaikovsky’s overture, written as commemoration of Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s army. By Javier C. Hernández With its earsplitting rounds of ...

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 ...

from the orchestra. Tchaikovsky ought to have been proud. He had written the ultimate showpiece, but his faith in the 1812 Overture quickly unravelled. His aspiration to see it performed in the ...

The performance Tchaikovsky sought never happened, at least not until an innovative new recording company, a Midwest orchestra and an enterprising conductor teamed up almost 75 years later ...

In a newly released video, Wisconsin high school musicians perform the finale of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra musicians. The video, crafted by MSO audio and ...

Besides the "1812 Overture" and "Stars and Stripes Forever ... MSO Principal Guest Conductor Jorge Soto will lead the orchestra for "Jazz in the Park: Celebrating Great Latin/American Musical ...

The Cleveland Orchestra’s recording of Hector Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique,” led by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, is now available across all major digital music streaming platforms. Recorded ...

The "1812 Overture" may be a musical Charlotte Russe ... Here was a band shell, a conductor, and an orchestra. As a matter of fact Wilhjelm, a French horn player who graduated from the New ...

Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), who is also known for his “1812 Overture” and ballet scores ... who also directs the Buddha’s Light Youth Symphony Orchestra in Hacienda Heights, was a professor ...

during which the orchestra plays more live music. “We’ve done that every year since the get go,” he said. Tchaikovsky originally wrote the “1812 Overture” to celebrate Napoleon’s ...