Episode 8: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Bada-bada-bada-BAM-bum-bum!!! That got your attention, but did you know that the piece we hear every 4th July for the US Independence Day celebrations was actually commemorating something that could not have been more different?!

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MUSIC CREDITS:

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Work: 1812 Overture, Op.49
Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Year: 2009
Label: Mariinsky
Catalogue No: MAR0503

With thanks to Emilia Strachevskaia.

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