Major General Ivan Petrov conducts Solemn 1812 Overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1958

Separate Exemplary Orchestra (Band) of Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union and Massed Bands of the Moscow military garrison conducted by Artistic director of Ministry of Defense Orchestra, Head (Commander/Senior Directors) of the Military Band Service of the Ministry of Defense of USSR, Chief military conductor of the Soviet Army in 1950-1958s Major General Ivan Vasilievich Petrov (1906–1975) plays Solemn “1812 Overture“ by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880 (in Soviet censorship redaction by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, without Alexei Lvov's Anthem “God Save the Tsar!“ - in the finale of Overture uses chorus “Slavsya“/“Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus“ from the opera “A Life for the Tsar“/“Ivan Susanin“ by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, 1836). Concert in honor of the 40 anniversary of the Soviet Army, USSR, Moscow, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Отдельный Показательный оркестр Министерства обороны Советского Союза (ОПО МО СССР) под управлением худо