The Florida Orchestra brings out the big guns with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, best known for the 16 cannon shots symbolizing Russia's defense against Napoleon. "It's just a sensational piece of ...

KALAMAZOO — The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will make a bold statement Friday when it performs the “1812 Overture” in its final concert of the season. “If I had to put it in a word, it’s bold. It’s a ...

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Capriccio Italien; Beethoven: Wellington’s Victory Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati, conductor (Mercury). Considered the ultimate ...

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 ...

The Minnesota Orchestra's sold-out "Echoes of History" concert reopening the University of Minnesota's iconic Northrop Memorial Auditorium on Friday reprises more than Northrop's original Oct. 22, ...