This is a list of concertos and concertante works for piano left-hand and orchestra.
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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
editComposer | 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[1] | 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)[2] | 1916 |
Josef Labor | Concert Piece in F minor (commissioned by Wittgenstein, who premiered it in 1936)[2] | 1917 |
Josef Labor | Concert Piece in B-flat minor (E flat major?)[2] | 1923 |
Kurt Leimer | Piano Concerto No. 2 (in one movement)[2] | 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)[2] | 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[2] | 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
editWorks 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[2]
- 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)[2]
- 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).[2]
References
edit- ^ Catalogue – Letter I, Hans Brofeldt, "Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i One Handed: A Guide to Piano Music for One Hand by Donald L. Patterson, Greenwood Publishing 1999 ISBN 9780313311796