Members of the 101st Field Artillery tested the cannons which will be used when the Boston Pops perform the 1812 Overture. They planned to test the cannons earlier in the day, but couldn't because of ...

Every Fourth of July, the Boston Pops concert on the Esplanade ends with a bang. And it isn't just fireworks. The high point of the 1812 Overture includes firing cannons. The piece is about Russia's ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - National Guard soldiers set up Howitzer cannons Sunday in preparation for the grand finale of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular — the 1812 Overture. A team of soldiers rolled three ...

Until recently, when six cannons were taken to Bethel Woods for a performance by the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra was the only American orchestra that used antique cannons for ...

Cannon to the right of you. Cannon to the left of you. But, be assured, no cannon in front of you. The "Pop Goes the 4th" holiday celebration at Overpeck County Park — unlike the Charge of the Light ...

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 ...

Maybe you've heard them, pounding out the end of the famous piece of music. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. The "1812" Overture is one of the few pieces of music ...

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 ...

A noisy, patriotic hullabaloo is Peter Ilich Tschaikowsky’s 1812 Overture. Depicting Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, it ends with a mixture of the Marseillaise, the Imperial Russian anthem and — so ...