Periodically, this page focuses on a work by Jean-Pierre Vial.
Ballade de la Clarée
ISWC T-314.854.553.9 Clarée valley

A ballade for (Celtic or pedal) harp, composed in 2011. The French words Ballade (a dance) and Balade (a walk) sound identically. La Clarée is a river in a valley near Névache, France, where locals enjoy going for a walk.

To listen to the ballade (an MP3 clip), click here.

The score of the ballade is published by Universal Edition.

This score is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 3.0 France. For any use of this work not covered by this license, you must obtain the permission from SACEM (www.sacem.fr/en).

Jean-Pierre Vial also composed two shorter variants of the full ballade: one, with a major key, is named Ballade de la Haute-Vallée de la Clarée (referring to the up-stream valley), and the other, with a minor key, is named Ballade de la Basse-Vallée de la Clarée (referring to the down-stream valley).