AUBADES(LP)

aubades, the new album from post-classical piano icon Jean-Michel Blais, marks the Montreal-born musicianAEs transition from pianist to composer, as he writes for an ensemble for the first time in his career. Written during the pandemic and following a breakup, Blais has used his distinctive musical voice to create a defiantly uplifting record with glistening instrumental textures and warm major tonalities. The albumAEs title refers to the oaubadeo, a Middle Ages morning love song about lovers separating at daybreak, a dawn serenade.