Noachis Terra
By Bernard L'Hoir

Noachis Terra is the ninth album by Bernard L’hoir. It contains twelve pieces and constitutes a fusion of classical music and of image creating music. It is also a fusion of instruments of the 19th century, played by remarkable musicians, and of numerical instruments of the 21st century which are precious to current composers.
Although most tracks are instrumentals, the composer introduced the voice of Valentine Uytterhoeven in certain parts, which has such a rich timbre it cannot be classified in any style.
It is present to bring us even deeper into the mystery of « Noachis Terra », these deep valleys that we now know are identical on Earth and on Mars, for nearly 4 billion years.
The BBC documentary « Our planet » inspired Bernard L’Hoir in this project to musically illustrate the magic of our solar system.
On the album cover, the engraving of the dutch artist André Kersten was carefully chosen to further enhance the intrigue of our History...