The City of Alexandria will celebrate its 274th and the USA’s 247th birthday on Saturday, July 8, at Oronoco Bay Park (100 Madison St.). The event includes a performance by the Alexandria Symphony ...

Sir John Rutter conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra through his own rousing composition, 'Celebration Overture', as part of Classic FM Live's tribute to the beloved composer in his 80th ...

Binghamton, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra proudly presents Pops at the Forum: Canons and Cannons. An afternoon full of pieces that are readily familiar to most listeners. Some ...

As Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture boomed to its finish last week in St.Louis’ Convention Hall, an audience of 9,000 leaped to its feet and looked nervously for the nearest exit. Amid the pealing of ...

Join us as we go metal detecting near live Civil War cannons in search of relics from the past. In this video, we explore an incredible area while engaged in a metal detector battle. We uncover ...

The War of 1812 is today a vague mystery, sometimes confused with the “1812 Overture” played at July 4 fireworks shows, but actually a Russia battle repelling an invasion by Emperor Napoleon.

Carl L. King was a guest conductor at a Turner Hall concert on March 30, 1941, for the Pioneer Band’s first concert. King was the leader of the municipal band in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and consulted on ...

PARIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A senior Belarusian diplomat has held meetings with Europeans after his country sent out invitations last month, in what European diplomats called an overture to reduce Minsk ...

On Friday in Chicago, the New York Atlas (3-2) and Boston Cannons (3-2) are set to meet in Week 7 of the Premier Lacrosse League. Friday's Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) game will air on ESPN2. Tune in ...

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 ...

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 ...