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 ...

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 ...

For four decades, the scene has repeated itself at Tanglewood on Parade year after glorious year — and no where else in the country. On a steamy summer's evening, the audience in and around the Shed ...

FREMONT - Cannons fired as the loudest of percussion for an explosive end to Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture at the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums’ Independence Day concert, punctuating the close ...

Long’s Park will echo with music, fireworks and the return of the late Charlie Smithgall’s beloved Civil War-era cannons this Sunday as Lancaster celebrates America’s 250th anniversary. The cannons, ...