Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
- Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
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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