Heritage Orchestra
The Heritage Orchestra is a British orchestra founded in 2004 under the artistic direction of Chris Wheeler. The orchestra perform a mix of styles and genres and are known as the premiere non-classical orchestra in the UK, with a catalogue of studio and performance projects in both experimental and popular music.
The Heritage Orchestra has worked with some of the worlds biggest artists on the most prestigious stages, and are credited with changing the orchestral landscape with their modern approach to orchestral collaboration. The orchestra, which ranges between 25 and 75 members, often combine electronics, bands, singers, and powerful visuals, and have performed internationally in venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Emirates Palace, the Hollywood Bowl, and regularly tour throughout the UK to major concert halls and large-scale arenas, including The O2 Arena and Royal Albert Hall in London. They have appeared on television throughout the world including ITV, BBC, CBS, and Paramount.
In 2010, the Heritage Orchestra was nominated in the 9th Independent Music Awards and won the Contemporary Classical Album award for their performance of Gabriel Prokofiev's 'Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra' along with DJ Yoda.[1] In 2015 the orchestra toured Europe with Björk leading to a live recording of Vulnicura. In 2017 the orchestra reached Number One in the UK Album Charts with BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong and their album Classic House.[2] In 2023 they performed at the Royal Albert Hall with six-time Brit Award Winner and Grammy nominated artist RAYE[3] performing her album 'My 21st Century Symphony'[4] In 2024 The Heritage Orchestra collaborated with Dua Lipa, providing their full orchestral production and arranging team for Dua Lipa - Live From The Royal Albert Hall,[5][6][7][8] later broadcast on ITV entitled An Evening with Dua Lipa.
The Heritage Orchestra has worked with various conductors including Tom Richards, Ben Foster, and Jules Buckley (who left the orchestra in 2022).
Past live performances and collaborations
Past live performances and collaborations (most recent first) by the Heritage Orchestra include:
- Dua Lipa & The Heritage Orchestra - Live From The Royal Albert Hall [9][10][11][12] on 17 October 2024
- NAS & The Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 15th and Saturday & 16 November 2024[13] celebrating 30 years of the classic album 'Illmatic'.
- RAYE & The Heritage Orchestra with The Flames Collective on 26 September 2023 at The Royal Albert Hall[14][15][16][17][18] and at the The O2 Arena on 15 March 2024 [19] performing My 21st Century Symphony, a reimagining of RAYE's album My 21st Century Blues.
- London Community Gospel Choir & The Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall - December 2022, 2023, 2024
- Seu Jorge & The Heritage Orchestra at Hammersmith Apollo on 11 February 2019 [20]
- Ibiza Classics with Pete Tong & The Heritage Orchestra - UK Arena Tours between 2016 to 2022 including Birmingham Arena,[21] The O2 Arena[22] Manchester Arena,[23] Cardiff Arena,[24] Liverpool Arena, Belfast Arena,[25] Glasgow Arena,[26] with additional shows at the Hollywood Bowl on 10 November 2017,[27] Sydney Meyer Music Bowl[28] on 3 November 2017
- Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on 11 August 2016[29]
- Anna Calvi & The Heritage Orchestra at Edinburgh International Festival on 20 August 2015 [30]
- BBC Radio 1 'Ibiza Prom' on 29 July 2015 as part of the BBC Proms season[31]
- Sparks & The Heritage Orchestra at the Barbican on 20 January 2015 [32]
- Anna Calvi & The Heritage Orchestra at St Johns Church, Hackney on 13 Dec 2014 [33]
- These New Puritans & The Heritage Orchestra at the Barbican Centre on 17 April 2014[34][35][36][37]
- The XX & The Heritage Orchestra on BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lo
- Tim Exile & The Heritage Orchestra (Warp Records) at Village Underground performing the Bardo EP[38] on 5 September 2013
- The Light Surgeons SuperEverything[39] UK Tour
- Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked' with Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins at the Sydney Opera House[40][41]
- Aphex Twin & The Heritage Orchestra and The Remote Orchestra at the Barbican Hall on 10 October 2012[42][43][44][45]
- 'Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked' with Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins[46][47] premiered at the Brighton Festival on 18 May 2012,[48] later performed at the Sydney Opera House[40][41] on 29 May 2013, then throughout the UK in Sept/Oct 2013 including the Royal Festival Hall, London;[49] Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Royal & Derngate, Northampton;[50] Colston Hall, Bristol;[51] Cambridge Corn Exchange;[52] The Anvil, Basingstoke; Symphony Hall, Birmingham;[53][54] The Lowry, Salford;[55] Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool;[56][57][58] Usher Hall, Edinburgh;[59] Sage Gateshead.[60]
- SBTRKT on BBC Live Lounge, Maida Vale Studios, on 12 March 2012
- Bryce Dessner & Aaron Dessner performing The Long Count at the Barbican, London, on 2, 3 and 4 February 2012[61]
- The Leisure Society at the Barbican London on 8 December 2011[62]
- Tim Minchin & The Heritage Orchestra UK Tour in 2011, including Edinburgh Playhouse (16 & 17 April); Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow (18 April), Aberdeen Exhibition Hall (19 April), Royal Albert Hall, London (28 & 29 April), Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow (8 May), Sheffield Arena (10 May); Liverpool Arena[63] (11 May). Also appearing on his live DVD and CD 'Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra',[64] released November 2011
- Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall London on 26 August 2010,[65] and also 11 August 2016[29]
- John Cale & The Heritage Orchestra performing Paris 1919 at the Royal Festival Hall on 5 March 2010[66] and the Theatre Royal, Norwich on 14 May 2010
- Spiritualized & The Heritage Orchestra performing Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space at the Royal Festival Hall[67] London on 13 October 2009 and on 9 May 2010 at the festival All Tomorrows Parties
- Bill Drummond of The KLF – recording and deleting The17[68] on 13 October 2008
- Vangelis’s Blade Runner soundtrack created for Massive Attack’s Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on 17 June 2008[69] and the Sydney Opera House on 26 May 2013 at Vivid Live
- The Bays & The Heritage Orchestra – UK Tour – funded by Arts Council England via Music Beyond The Mainstream[70] with subsequent shows at the Tower of London (Sept 2009) and Womad Festival 2010
- DJ Yoda & The Heritage Orchestra at Scala, London on 26 July 2007 performing the world premier of Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables,[71] also including a performance with Plaid of Warp Records
- Deodato & The Heritage Orchestra at Hackney Empire[72] on 21 July 2006
- Montreux Jazz Festival appearance for an evening organised by Gilles Peterson in July 2005[73]
Discography (most recent first)
- Dua Lipa – Live from The Royal Albert Hall (Warner, 2024)
- Raye – My 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) (Human Re Sources, 2023)
- The Breaks (Decca, 2021) [74]
- Pete Tong with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley – Ibiza Classics[75] (Polydor, Universal 2017)
- Pete Tong with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley – Classic House[76] (Polydor, Universal 2016) reaching No.1 in the UK Album Charts
- Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra (Laughing Stock Productions, 2015)
- Unkle and the Heritage Orchestra Presents 'Variation of a Theme' Live at the Union Chapel (Surrender All, 2014)
- Emeli Sandé - Clown (Virgin 2012) & Daddy (EMI 2011)
- Jonathan Jeremiah – A Solitary Man (Island 2011)
- Professor Green - Read All About It (Virgin 2011) - UK Number 1
- Unkle – Where Did The Night Fall (Surrender All 2010)
- Black Water Transit – Film Score (2009) directed by Tony Kaye
- The Heritage Orchestra Feat. DJ Yoda – G.Prokofiev Concerto for Turntables & Orchestra (Nonclassical 2009) – winner of 9th Independent Music Awards and won the Contemporary Classical Album category
- Pete Lawrie – In The End EP (Island Records 2009)
- Razorlight – Hostage of Love (Vertigo 2008)
- Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before The Lights Come On (Domino Records 2006)
- The Heritage Orchestra (Brownswood Recordings, 2006)
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