The folk-tune "At the Gate" is reprised several times in this piece and its finale sees the entrance of a brass band.
This piece in E flat major borrows a melody from the composer's earlier opera The Voyevoda and it uses chromatic runs during the repetition of the piece's motifs. The folk-tune "At the Gate" is reprised several times in this piece and its finale sees the entrance of a brass band. Solo violas and cellos play the (*) Russian hymn "O Lord, Save Thy People" in this piece. As the French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is overtaken by the Russian anthem, live cannons are called to fire. For 10 points, name this piece that commemorates Napoleon's retreat in the title year, a piece by Tchaikovsky.
This piece in E flat major borrows a melody from the composer's earlier opera The Voyevoda and it uses chromatic runs during the repetition of the piece's motifs.
“1812 Overture”