Ever wonder what the 1812 Overture finale looks like up close? Tchaikovsky's masterpiece has been the adotped anthem of summertime in the U.S. for decades, but you usually don't get this viewpoint of the work's finale by the Presidential Salute Battery from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). Check out our performance live next Saturday, Aug 17 at 8pm, here on Summerall Field on Joint Base Myer - Henderson Hall. More information on Saturday's concert can be found at http://bit.ly/Army

Cue the cannons! The Boston Pops July 4th Spectacular wouldn't be complete without the 1812 Overture. #TBT to this performance of Tchaikovsky's famous work, featured in the 2020 Boston Pops Salute to Our Heroes, and originally performed in 2019. | Boston Pops

The Fort Huachuca Honor Guard tuned up July 1, for their performance in the 1812 Overture at the Sierra Vista, Arizona Independence Day Celebration July 4. It's a signature component of our community's #July4th observance. A total of 16 cannon shots are written into the score of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The piece was written in 1880 to commemorate the successful Russian Defense against Napoleon's invading Grande Armée in 1812. | U.S. Army Fort Huachuca

On August 20, 1882, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was premiered in Moscow. Leonard Bernstein featured the overture on the Young People's Concert with the New York Philharmonic, "The Sound of a Hall", in which he explored the acoustics of the new Philharmonic Hall (now David Geffen Hall) at Lincoln Center. "If the house doesn't fall down about our ears at the end of this piece, and if you can still hear yourselves think, then you'll know we've got a great new hall, which luckily will and can become