Hi everyone.
I am new to this forum. I have been playing the piano for about 35 years (I'm 50 now). I would probably be considered an advanced amateur, though I don't have anything like virtuoso technique. I've played in dance bands and been a rehearsal pianist for a community musical theater group, which was great fun. I love to play, and I while I don't always get all the notes, I can get by with good listening skills and a pretty good musical sense.
I am naturally left-handed, and I was interested to read, in other threads here, whether others thought that was an advantage or disadvantage. Though I spend the great majority of my practice time on my right hand, it has never developed the strength or endurance that my left has naturally, and it tends to get strained from over-practicing.
I have found that I can get the most out of my technique by selecting pieces that favor the left hand. For example, I find most of the Chopin etudes more or less impossible, but I can play the Revolutionary and the C-sharp minor etudes, both of which are easier for the right and harder for the left. The Brahms Intermezzi op. 118 no. 1 and no. 6 are favorites of mine for the same reason, and I love to play the Scriabin nocturne for the left hand alone.
Can anyone suggest other pieces that would play to the strength of a left-handed pianist? I found some good suggestions for left-hand-alone pieces in another thread, but what about in the regular repertoire?