Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>A friend just returned from a visit to England told of seeing advertised on
>BBC radio but not hearing, Bartok's Symphony in Eb.  Grove says that Bartok
>left the scherzo in score (I have this on LP) and the rest in sketches.
>Does anyone know of a performing version or of the broadcast (probably in
>February) on the BBC?

The Symphony exists in piano reduction.  Bartok orchestrated the Scherzo
only which was recorded commercially.  Denijs Dille orchestrated two other
movements which were first performed on 28 September 1961.

I acquired a tape of the whole work back in 1990.

Karl