San Francisco Symphony: Barbary Coast and Beyond
May 12, 2012
8:00 pm
San Francisco, California
Davis Symphony Hall
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In a week of semi-staged concerts, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony celebrate the musical roots and heritage of San Francisco in Barbary Coast and Beyond: Music from the Gold Rush to the Panama-Pacific Exposition, with music written from the mid-1800s through the Orchestra’s founding in 1911 and its formative years.

San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Caroline McCaskey, musical saw

Offenbach, ‘Can-Can’ from Orpheus in the Underworld