Prom 73: The Last Night, BBC SO / BBC SC / BBC Singers, Blue / Hough / Oramo

[Andrew Slater]

Can anyone help witn the question - who is the presenter who begins this broadcast? It is from the Proms in 1987 - Reggie Goodall's last stand conducting Parsifal Act 3.

Yes, it's John Holmstrom.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Yes, it's John Holmstrom.

Thanks I’ve been racking my brains….

[Petrushka]

Yes, it's John Holmstrom.

I remember that famous occasion when JH was the announcer at a Prom on the evening when the piano got stuck as it was being lifted on to the stage in readiness for a performance of the Bartok 2nd Piano Concerto. Unable, for some reason, to hand back to Broadcasting House he had to fill in for something like half an hour. He eventually got round to reading the racing results and the cricket scores! Absolute legend!

[seabright]

^^^ John Holmstrong's comments during that very Prom can be heard in this retrospective documentary ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28CIDMwUXjw&t=87s

[Prommer]

Thanks, chaps!