List of works for piano left-hand and orchestra

Paul Wittgenstein at the piano

This is a list of concertos and concertante works for piano left-hand and orchestra.

The first such composition was published as late as 1895, by the Hungarian Count Géza Zichy.^[1] 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.

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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^[1]
• 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)^[1]
• 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).^[1]

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External links[]

• Hans Brofeldt, "Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone"