Periodically, this page focuses on a work by Jean-Pierre Vial.
The Pendulum, for harp quartet
ISWC T-314.854.616.7 a harp (from Wikimedia)

In this short piece, four harps share the theme and its accompaniment in equal shares, making the harp quartet circulate and swing the melody from one instrument to another, as a pendulum would do.

To listen to this piece (an MP3 clip), click here.

If you play the harp in a quartet, you may download the corresponding score and perform it, on a non-profit basis, just for your pleasure. To download the (PDF) score and parts, click here.

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).