Emmanuel Rhené-Baton's Aubade is a delicate and poetic piece, capturing the gentle awakening of morning. Its lyrical melody and delicate accompaniment create an atmosphere of serene beauty.
Focus on achieving a warm, expressive tone and a sensitive handling of dynamics.
Aubade (Op.53) is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Aubade (Op.53) lasts about 3 minutes.
Aubade (Op.53) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.