Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

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A number of piano concertos have been written for the left hand. The best known of these is the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major by Maurice Ravel, which was written for Paul Wittgenstein between 1929 and 1930.

Other piano concertos for the left hand include:

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Piano Concerto for the left hand, Op. 17, 1923 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Paul Hindemith - Klaviermusik mit Orchester, Op. 29, 1923 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Franz Schmidt - Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, 1923 (commissioned by Wittgenstein), Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, 1934 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Sergei Bortkiewicz - Piano Concerto No. 2 for the Left Hand, Op. 28, 1924 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Richard Strauss - Panathenäenzug: Sinfonische Etüden in Form einer Passacaglia for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 74, 1925 (commissioned by Wittgenstein), Parergon zur Sinfonia Domestica for Piano and Orchestra Op. 73, 1927 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Bohuslav Martinů - Concertino for piano left hand and chamber orchestra, Op. 173, 1926
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 4 for the left hand, Op. 53, 1931 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Benjamin Britten - Diversions for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra, 1940 (commissioned by Wittgenstein)
  • Arnold Bax - Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra 1948
  • Dieter Nowka - Piano Concerto for the left hand, Op. 71, 1971
  • Ned Rorem - Piano Concerto No. 4 for the left hand, 1993
  • William Bolcom - Gaea for Two Pianos Left Hand, and Orchestra 1996
  • Stanisław Skrowaczewski - Concerto Nicolò for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra, 2003
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