The Hill

Let’s axe the ‘1812’ Overture once and for all

I applaud the decision of some U.S. orchestras to strike Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” from their July 4 concert programs. This musical composition is a tribute to the military might of Tsarist Russia ...
Classic FM

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture tops the Classic FM Hall of Fame for the first time ever

For the first time in the 22-year history of the Classic FM Hall of Fame, Tchaikovsky's cannon-fuelled epic has reached the No.1 spot. Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending falls to No.3 After four ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Whose ‘1812’ Overture is it?

It may be the best known piece in classical music: Tchaikovsky’s “1812” Overture, which will close the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops season this weekend as part of the annual “1812 Tchaikovsky ...
The Baltimore Sun

The ‘1812 Overture,’ an Independence Day staple, is prominently featured in U.S. popular culture

Over the past 145 years, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” has been used to celebrate July 4th, sell cereal and astound movie audiences. It’s been sampled and spoofed, with popping balloons ...
Newsweek

Orchestras Pull Tchaikovsky From Concerts Over Russia’s War on Ukraine

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several orchestras have recently announced changes to their concert ...
Classic FM

Here’s what Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture would sound like with LYRICS

Cannon fire, crashing cymbals and brass fanfare: here’s what the deafening orchestration of the 1812 Overture finale would look like in words… Tchaikovsky’s thundering 1812 Overture was recently voted ...
毎日新聞

Japan orchestra dumps Tchaikovsky's '1812' Russian victory piece to protest Ukraine war

This 2021 photo provided by the Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra shows the group on stage. The Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra has announced that it will replace Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's 1812 ...
The Guardian

Why now is no time for Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture

Bojan Bujic on the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra’s decision to remove the Russian composer’s work from its programme The cannon effects in Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture – a bombastic adornment to a ...
Gramophone

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, by Geoffrey Norris

As a favoured festival spectacle, the 1812 Overture has long been ranked among the most adored, and also the most abhorred, works in the entire orchestral repertoire. Tchaikovsky himself was ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Tchaikovsky’s Empire’ Review: Echoes of an Imperial Composer

Was Tchaikovsky a tempest or a drudge? The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and the “1812 Overture” is generally thought to have lived a life of melodrama. An alcoholic and ...
The Guardian

1812 Overture v The Lark Ascending – which best represents Brexit Britain?

Tchaikovsky’s militaristic bombast has knocked Vaughan Williams’s bucolic birdsong off the top of the Classic FM charts, which may say something about our national mindset Classic FM listeners have ...