L’Heure Bleue : renaître du silence is a commission from the Groupe de Recherches Musicales. 

The work addresses the re-awakening of the human being and its environments which are illustrated through acousmatic sound.  The barely audible beginning represents the human perception of the re-awakening of the senses and the recognition of surrounding life and civilization as it also comes to life at l’heure bleue.  The re-awakening of the physical body takes place through the simplicity and happiness of solitary play, and this joyous energy later expands to a societal level.  Following, is the perception of the larval stages of nature which unfold to herald the re-awakening of nature.  The work concludes with the psychological and, finally, spiritual re-awakening of the human being.

L’Heure Bleue : renaître du silence was realized in 2015-2016 in the multiphonic studio at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in Paris and at the Métamorphoses d’Orphée studio at Musiques & Recherches in Ohain (Belgium). The work was premiered on October 8, 2016 in the series Multiphonies 2016-17: Akousma: Concert de créations at the Auditorium Saint-Germain — MPAA, Paris, France.

L'Heure Bleue : renaître du silence - stereo version (44.1 kHz/16 bit)

Elizabeth Lang Anderson