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This is a list of concertos and concertante works for piano left-hand and orchestra.
The best known left-hand concerto is the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D by Maurice Ravel, which was written for Paul Wittgenstein between 1929 and 1930. Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I, commissioned a number of such works around that time, as did Otakar Hollmann. More recently, Gary Graffman has commissioned a number of left-hand concertos.
List
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Abrahamsen | Left, alone | 2015 |
| Mario Alfagüell | First Concerto for piano left hand and small orchestra, Op. 145 | 2003 |
| Mario Alfagüell | Second Concerto for piano left hand and orchestra, Op. 185 | 2007 |
| Josef Bartovský | Piano Concerto No. 2 for left hand (written for Hollmann) | 1952 |
| Arnold Bax | Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra | 1948 |
| William Bolcom | Gaea for Two Pianos Left Hand and Orchestra (commissioned by Graffman for him to play with Leon Fleisher) | 1996 |
| Sergei Bortkiewicz | Piano Concerto No. 2 for the Left Hand, Op. 28 (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1924 |
| Rudolf Braun | Piano Concerto in A minor (written for Wittgenstein) | 1927 |
| Benjamin Britten | Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1940 |
| C. Curtis-Smith | Concerto for piano (left hand) and orchestra (commissioned by Leon Fleisher) | 1991 |
| Richard Danielpour | Piano Concerto No. 3 Zodiac Variations | 2002 |
| Norman Demuth | Piano Concerto for the left hand (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1947 |
| Norman Demuth | Legend for piano left hand and orchestra (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1949 |
| Lukas Foss | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand | 1993 |
| Alberto Ginastera | Second movement of the Piano concerto no. 2 (Scherzo per la mano sinistra) | 1972 |
| Daron Hagen | Seven Last Words: Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra (commissioned by Graffman) | 2002 |
| David Haynes | Concerto No. 1 for Left Hand and orchestra | 1999 |
| Paul Hindemith | Klaviermusik mit Orchester, Op. 29 (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1923 |
| Shin’ichirō Ikebe | Piano Concerto No. 3 | 2013 |
| Igor Ivanek | INRI, Concerto for piano left hand alone and orchestra | 2006 |
| Leoš Janáček | Capriccio for piano left hand and chamber ensemble (suggested by Otakar Hollmann but not written for him specifically) | 1926 |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Piano Concerto in C-sharp for the left hand, Op. 17 (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1923 |
| Josef Labor | Concert piece in the form of variations for piano left-hand and orchestra (composed for Wittgenstein) | 1916 |
| Josef Labor | Concert Piece in F minor (commissioned by Wittgenstein, who premiered it in 1936) | 1917 |
| Josef Labor | Concert Piece in B-flat minor (E flat major?) | 1923 |
| Kurt Leimer | Piano Concerto No. 2 (in one movement) | 1944–48 |
| Ben Lunn | History Needs... concerto for left-hand piano and strings (written for Nicholas McCarthy) | 2023 |
| Bohuslav Martinů | Concertino (later renamed Divertimento) for piano left hand and chamber orchestra, H. 173 (commissioned by Hollmann) | 1926 |
| Pehr Henrik Nordgren | Concerto for piano left hand and chamber orchestra, Op. 129 | 2004 |
| Dieter Nowka | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Op. 71 | 1971 |
| Luis Prado | Piano Concerto for the left hand (Concierto de piano para la mano izquierda, written for Gary Graffman, 2001 and premiered by him in 2002) | 2001 |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 4 for the left hand, Op. 53 (commissioned by Wittgenstein but never played by him; premiered in 1956 by Siegfried Rapp) | 1931 |
| Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1929–30 |
| Ned Rorem | Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Hand (commissioned by Gary Graffman) | 1993 |
| Franz Schmidt | Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1923 |
| Franz Schmidt | Piano Concerto No. 2, for the Left Hand (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1934 |
| Gunther Schuller | Concerto for 3 Hands (written for Lorin Hollander and Leon Fleisher) | 1990 |
| Eduard Schütt | Paraphrase for piano and orchestra (written for Wittgenstein) | 1929 |
| Lucijan Marija Škerjanc | Concerto for piano left hand and orchestra | 1963 |
| Stanisław Skrowaczewski | Concerto Niccolò for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra | 2003 |
| Raoul Sosa | Concerto for piano left hand with string orchestra | 1989 |
| Richard Strauss | Parergon zur "Sinfonia Domestica" for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73 (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1927 |
| Richard Strauss | Panathenäenzug: Sinfonische Etüden in Form einer Passacaglia for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 74 (commissioned by Wittgenstein) | 1925 |
| Alexandre Tansman | Concert Piece for Piano and Orchestra | 1943 |
| Johannes Paul Thilman | Concertino for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 65 | 1954 |
| Karl Weigl | Concerto for the left hand | 1924 |
| Takashi Yoshimatsu | Concerto for Piano Left Hand and Chamber Orchestra "Cepheus Note", Op. 102 | 2007 |
| Géza Zichy | Piano Concerto in E-flat for the left hand (written for himself to play) | 1895 |
| Ján Zimmer | Piano Concerto No. 5 for the Left Hand, Op. 50 | 1961 |
Works for the right hand only
Works for piano right-hand only also exist, but there are far fewer of them than for left-hand only.
Concertante works involving piano right-hand include:
- Henri Cliquet-Pleyel (1894–1963) – Concerto for Piano Right Hand and Orchestra
- Arthur Bliss – Concerto for Two Pianos (3 Hands) and Orchestra, Op. 17 (1968; originally for tenor, piano, strings and percussion; then arranged for 2 pianos and orchestra for Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith; then arranged by Bliss and Clifford Phillips for 2 pianos 3 hands and orchestra)
- Malcolm Arnold – Concerto for Two Pianos Three Hands and Orchestra (also known as Concerto for Phyllis and Cyril), 1969. One pianist plays with both hands, the other with the right hand only.
- Gordon Jacob – Concerto for Three Hands on One Piano, 1969 (written for Sellick and Smith).
References
- Catalogue – Letter I, Hans Brofeldt, "Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone"
- ^ One Handed: A Guide to Piano Music for One Hand by Donald L. Patterson, Greenwood Publishing 1999 ISBN 9780313311796
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