The music was played soulfully and beautifully under British conductor, Bramwell Tovey on Thursday July 18! I would rate the musical performances at "Five Stars," but averaging in the experience of dealing with some Bowl operations issues, my overall rating was lowered. Tovey seems to be quite at home at the Hollywood Bowl; while a serious conductor, he was entertaining and playful with the audience. I appreciated that Martin Chalifour, our own LA Phil's concertmaster, was able to showcase his enormous talent as featured violin soloist playing Glazunov's Violin Concerto in A. Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique is a beautiful piece, but Tovey provided "too much information" regarding the composer and the meaning behind the composition, which detracted somewhat from my enjoyment of the piece! Since I continued to encounter problems with poor customer service exhibited by Pasadena transportation staff. Though this was reported, Bowl customer service personnel have done nothing to rectify the situation. Thus, I was left with less than an optimal experience!