List of compositions for keyboard and orchestra


This is a list of musical compositions for keyboard instruments such as the piano, organ or harpsichord and orchestra. See entries for concerto, piano concerto, organ concerto and harpsichord concerto for a description of related musical forms.

Compositions for keyboard and orchestra

A

  • Luigi Abbiate
  • *Piano concerto
  • Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille
  • *Grand Concerto in D major, op.6, for one piano four-hands and orchestra
  • Carl Friedrich Abel
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in F major, op.11 No.1
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in B flat major, op.11 No.2
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in E flat major, op.11 No.3
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in D major, op.11 No.4
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in G major, op.11 No.5
  • *Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and a cello in C major, op.11 No.6
  • Lev Abeliovich
  • *Piano Concerto
  • Anton García Abril
  • *Piano concerto
  • Jean Absil
  • *Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 30
  • *Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2, Op. 131
  • *Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, Op. 162
  • John Adams
  • *Century Rolls for piano and orchestra
  • Richard Addinsell
  • *Warsaw Concerto, for piano and orchestra
  • Thomas Adès
  • *Concerto conciso, op.18, for piano and orchestra
  • Isaac Albéniz
  • *Concierto fantástico in A minor, op. 78
  • Eugen d'Albert
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, op. 2
  • *Piano Concerto No. 2 in E, op. 12
  • Frangis Ali-Sade
  • *Piano concerto
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • *Concerto da Camera No. 1 in A minor, op. 10 no. 1
  • *Concerto da Camera No. 2 in C-sharp minor, op. 10 no. 2
  • *Concerto da Camera No. 3 in C sharp minor
  • *Piano Concerto Op. 39
  • Eyvind Alnæs
  • *Piano concerto in D major, op. 27
  • Anton Arensky
  • *Piano Concerto in F minor, op. 2
  • Thomas Arne - 6 Favourite Concertos for harpsichord, piano, or organ
  • Malcolm Arnold
  • *Concerto for Phyllis and Cyril, op. 104, for two pianos
  • Alexander Arutiunian
  • *Piano Concertino
  • Daniel Asia
  • *Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  • Kurt Atterberg
  • *Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor, Op. 37
  • Lera Auerbach
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1 - River of Loss, Dialogue with Time, Wind of Oblivion

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G

H

  • Reynaldo Hahn
  • *Piano Concerto in E
  • Howard Hanson
  • *Piano Concerto in G, op. 36
  • Hamilton Harty
  • *Piano Concerto in B minor
  • Joseph Hallman
  • *Rhapsody Concerto for Violin and Piano with Strings
  • Georg Friedrich Händel
  • *Organ concertos:
  • *HWV 289 – Op. 4 No. 1 in G minor
  • *HWV 290 – Op. 4 No. 2 in B-flat major
  • *HWV 291 – Op. 4 No. 3 in G minor
  • *HWV 292 – Op. 4 No. 4 in F major
  • *HWV 293 – Op. 4 No. 5 in F major
  • *HWV 294 – Op. 4 No. 6 in B-flat major
  • *HWV 306 – Op. 7 No. 1 in B-flat major
  • *HWV 307 – Op. 7 No. 2 in A major
  • *HWV 308 – Op. 7 No. 3 in B-flat major
  • *HWV 309 – Op. 7 No. 4 in D minor
  • *HWV 310 – Op. 7 No. 5 in G minor
  • *HWV 311 – Op. 7 No. 6 in B-flat major
  • Joseph Haydn
  • *Concerto in C, Hob. XVIII/1
  • *Concerto in D, Hob. XVIII/2
  • *Concerto in F, Hob. XVIII/3
  • *Concerto in G, Hob. XVIII/4
  • *Concerto in C, Hob. XVIII/5
  • *Concerto in F, Hob. XVIII/7
  • *Concerto in C, Hob. XVIII/8
  • *Concerto in G, Hob. XVIII/9
  • *Concerto in C, Hob. XVIII/10
  • *Concerto in D, Hob. XVIII/11 - this is the one usually known as the Haydn concerto
  • Christopher Headington
  • *Piano Concerto
  • Adolf von Henselt
  • *Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 16
  • Hans Werner Henze
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1
  • *Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Henri Herz
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1 in A, op. 34
  • *Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 74
  • *Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 87
  • *Piano Concerto No. 4 in E, op. 131
  • *Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor, op. 180
  • *Piano Concerto No. 6 in A, op. 192, with chorus
  • *Piano Concerto No. 7 in B minor, op. 207
  • *Piano Concerto No. 8 in A-flat, op. 218
  • Paul Hindemith
  • *Piano Concerto
  • Alun Hoddinott
  • *Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion, op. 19
  • *Concerto No. 2, op. 21
  • *Concerto No. 3, op. 44
  • Josef Hofmann
  • *Chromatikon, for piano and orchestra
  • Joseph Holbrooke
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 52 The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd
  • *Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 100 L'Orient
  • Arthur Honegger
  • *Concertino
  • Herbert Howells
  • *Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
  • Bertold Hummel
  • *Divertimento capriccioso for harpsichord or piano and chamber orchestra
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • *Piano Concerto in A, s4 / WoO. 24
  • *Piano Concerto in A, s5 / WoO. 24a
  • *Piano Concerto in C, op. 34a
  • *Concertino in G, Op. 73
  • *Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 85
  • *Piano Concerto in B minor, op. 89
  • *Piano Concerto in E, op. 110, Les Adieux
  • *Piano Concerto in A-flat, op. 113
  • *Piano Concerto in F, op. posth. 1
  • William Yeates Hurlstone
  • *Piano Concerto in D
  • Henry Holden Huss
  • *Piano Concerto in B, op. 10

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N

  • Eduard Nápravník
  • *Concerto symphonique in A minor Op 27
  • Dieter Nowka
  • *Piano Concerto No. 1 for the left hand op. 71
  • *Piano Concerto No.2
  • Michael Nyman
  • *The Piano Concerto

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Concertos for keyboard and other solo instrument(s)

Other concertante works for keyboard and orchestra

Works for orchestra or large ensemble with prominent solo keyboard part

Similar works

Concerti have been written where the piano is not the only solo instrument. A famous example is the Triple concerto by Beethoven.
There also exist a number of compositions for piano and orchestra which treat the piano as a solo instrument while not being piano concerti. Examples of such works include George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Liszt's Totentanz. The last two of these works are each in variation form, based on the 24th Caprice for solo violin by Niccolò Paganini and the ancient Gregorian Dies Irae chant respectively.
There are also works written for orchestra or large ensemble requiring a solo pianist, such as Olivier Messiaen's Des canyons aux étoiles... and Turangalîla-Symphonie, and Karol Szymanowski's 4th Symphony.
Composers also occasionally bring orchestral pianists into the limelight, as for example Igor Stravinsky does in episodes of his ballet Petrushka.