Patricia Johnson (contralto)
Ronald Dowd (tenor)
Alberto Remedios (tenor)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
Roger Stalman (bass-baritone)
John Neville (speaker)
BBC Men's Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Sadler's Wells Men's Chorus
(Chorus-Master. David Tod Boyd )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Colin Davis
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1 conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

REYNER BANHAM tells about a battle of architectural philosophies behind some of the new buildings of Milan, particulady the design of the Pirelli tower by Gio Ponti and the Torre Velasca by the BNPR partnership. The positions taken up by the designers of these two buildings have some relevance to the present problems of London.

Part 2 conducted by Colin Davis

('La Manivelle')
A conversation piece written for the Third Programme by Robert Pinget
English text by Samuel Beckett
Produced by Barbara Bray

Igor Oistrakh (violin)