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The Heritage Orchestra,
Leeds Arena , 2019
Jane Birkin with the Heritage Orchestra,
Barbican Centre , 2017
The Heritage Orchestra is a British orchestra founded by
Chris Wheeler and
Jules Buckley . They perform mainstream, cult, experimental and popular music. The orchestra, which ranges between 25 and 65 members, has performed internationally in venues such as the
Sydney Opera House ,
Emirates Palace , and
Hollywood Bowl , and tours throughout the UK to major concert halls and large-scale arenas, including
The O2 Arena in London.
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 2017 the orchestra reached Number One in the
UK Album Charts with
BBC Radio 1 DJ
Pete Tong and their album
Classic House .
[2] The orchestra performs regularly at the
BBC Proms .
Directors
Heritage Orchestra was founded in June 2004 by Artistic Director/Producer Christopher Wheeler and Conductor/Composer
Jules Buckley . Wheeler was profiled in 2011 as one of the "cultural engineers" of Honda's Dream Factory.
[3] Jules Buckley is chief conductor of the
Metropole Orkest in the Netherlands, winning a
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album with
Snarky Puppy on their album Sylva .
[4] Wheeler and Buckley have worked together since meeting in 2001 at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama , London.
Past live performances and collaborations
Past live performances and collaborations by the Heritage Orchestra include:
Montreux Jazz Festival appearance for an evening organised by
Gilles Peterson in July 2005
[5]
Deodato at
Hackney Empire
[6] on 21 July 2006
DJ Yoda at Scala, London on 26 July 2007 performing the world premier of
Gabriel Prokofiev 's Concerto for Turntables ,
[7] also including a performance with
Plaid of
Warp Records
The Bays & The Heritage Orchestra – UK Tour – funded by
Arts Council England via Music Beyond The Mainstream
[8] with subsequent shows at the
Tower of London (Sept 2009) and
Womad Festival 2010
Vangelis ’s
Blade Runner soundtrack played live for the first time ever, created for
Massive Attack ’s Meltdown Festival at the
Royal Festival Hall on 17 June 2008
[9] and the
Sydney Opera House on 26 May 2013 at
Vivid Live
Bill Drummond of
The KLF – recording and deleting
The17
[10] on 13 October 2008
Spiritualized performing
Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space at the
Royal Festival Hall
[11] London on 13 October 2009 and on 9 May 2010 at the festival
All Tomorrows Parties
John Cale performing
Paris 1919 at the
Royal Festival Hall on 5 March 2010
[12] and the
Theatre Royal, Norwich in May 2010
Jamie Cullum at the
BBC Proms in the
Royal Albert Hall London on 26 August 2010,
[13] and also 11 August 2016
[14]
Tim Minchin UK Tour (cont.) 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
[15] (11 May). Also appearing on his live DVD and CD 'Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra',
[16] released November 2011
The Leisure Society at the
Barbican London on 8 December 2011
[17]
Bryce Dessner &
Aaron Dessner performing The Long Count at the
Barbican , London, on 2, 3 and 4 February 2012
[18]
SBTRKT on
BBC Live Lounge,
Maida Vale Studios , on 12 March 2012
'Live_Transmission:
Joy Division Reworked' with
Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins
[19]
[20] premiered at the
Brighton Festival on 18 May 2012,
[21] later performed at the
Sydney Opera House
[22]
[23] on 29 May 2013, then throughout the UK in Sept/Oct 2013 including the
Royal Festival Hall , London;
[24]
Nottingham Royal Concert Hall ,
Royal & Derngate , Northampton;
[25]
Colston Hall , Bristol;
[26]
Cambridge Corn Exchange ;
[27]
The Anvil, Basingstoke ;
Symphony Hall , Birmingham;
[28]
[29]
The Lowry , Salford;
[30]
Philharmonic Hall , Liverpool;
[31]
[32]
[33]
Usher Hall , Edinburgh;
[34]
Sage Gateshead .
[35]
Aphex Twin and The Remote Orchestra at the
Barbican Hall on 10 October 2012
[36]
[37]
[38]
[39]
Sydney Opera House
[22]
[23] performance of 'Live_Transmission:
Joy Division Reworked' with
Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins
The Light Surgeons performing SuperEverything
[40] UK Tour
The xx on
BBC Radio 1 with
Zane Lo and
Tim Exile (
Warp Records ) at Village Underground performing live sampling orchestral electronica, entitled the Bardo EP
[41] as part of Will Dutta's event Blank Canvas on 5 September 2013
These New Puritans at the
Barbican Centre on 17 April 2014
[42]
[43]
[44]
[45]
BBC Radio 1 'Ibiza Prom' on 29 July 2015 as part of the
BBC Proms season
[46]
Jamie Cullum at the
BBC Proms in the
Royal Albert Hall on 11 August 2016
[14]
Pete Tong & The Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley perform
Ibiza Classics , UK Arena Tour 2016 including
Arena Birmingham (30 November);
The O2 Arena , London (1 December);
[47]
Manchester Arena (2 December)
RAYE accompanied by the Heritage Orchestra and
The Flames Collective on 26 September 2023 at
The Royal Albert Hall for RAYE’s sold-out live show My 21st Century Symphony, a reimagining of RAYE's album
My 21st Century Blues .
Discography
The Heritage Orchestra (Brownswood Recordings, 2006)
Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before The Lights Come On (Domino Records 2006)
Razorlight – Hostage of Love (Vertigo 2008)
Pete Lawrie – In The End EP (Island Records 2009)
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
Black Water Transit – Film Score (2009) directed by
Tony Kaye
Unkle – Where Did The Night Fall (Surrender All 2010)
Emeli Sandé – "
Daddy " (EMI 2011)
Jonathan Jeremiah – A Solitary Man (Island 2011)
Emeli Sandé - "
Clown " (Virgin 2012)
Unkle and the Heritage Orchestra Presents 'Variation of a Theme' Live at the Union Chapel (Surrender All, 2014)
Sparks. Barbican December 19th and 20th 2014
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External links
International National Artists