Alberto Williams/ Miguel Etchegoncelay

Cortège Champêtre is the fifth piece of a piano series entitled En la Sierra, op. 32 (In Hill Country) from Argentinian composer, pianist, pedagogue and conductor Alberto Williams. The five movements integrating this collection, each one of them in their own unique style, were published in 1893. Crafted in binary form, the piece opens with a strong statement in the key of Bb major, fanfare like, using blocks of chords exploring the whole range of the piano. The orchestral sound intended by Williams unmistakable suggest a large tutti in a maestoso character. The second section, in Gb major, follows without preparation. A sweet, cantabile melody accompanied by broken chords in a simple homophonic texture introduces us to a country like atmosphere, then rapidly the first section returns, as a coda, to end the piece as it began.

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