Event listing: McGegan Conducts Haydn | Hollywood Bowl | Tue 21 Aug 2012 at 20:00

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See Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob VIIe:1 in

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Balsom tightly coiled; McGegan all smiles in Haydn program at the Hollywood Bowl

Ted Ayala, 21st August

There might be a shiver of fear in some quarters when the listener is confronted with the name Nicholas McGegan. Mercilessly rushed tempi, slipshod ensemble—and the wool-on-chalkboard horror of vibratoless strings.

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