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 ...

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 ...

Though he loathed it, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture won him fans the world over and made him a household name. In 1962, a Don Draper-like advertising executive decided to market the oaty goodness of an ...

More than 120,000 votes were cast in the Classic FM chart. John Suchet (PA) Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture has been voted the most popular piece of classical music for the first time in the Classic FM ...

Following the lead of many orchestras across the globe, the San Diego Symphony on Thursday announced that it is pulling Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” a beloved work that has long been a staple at its ...

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 ...

1812 Overture features cannon fire and other Russian composers will feature later in year, says director A director of the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra says it has been taken aback by the backlash ...

Tchaikovsky may have loathed it, but his 1812 Overture has just been voted the UK's most popular piece of classical music. The composer famously said it was "very loud and noisy and completely without ...

Antonio Pappano's new Tchaikovsky disc is a disappointment. The various items were recorded live in Rome during a retrospective of the composer's work at the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and ...

Tchaikovsky may have loathed it, but his 1812 Overture has just been voted the UK's most popular piece of classical music. The composer famously said it was "very loud and noisy and completely without ...