MarketHeritage Orchestra
Company Profile

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.

Past live performances and collaborations
Past live performances and collaborations (most recent first) by the Heritage Orchestra include: • The Heritage Orchestra accompanied Rosalía during her Lux Tour in 2026. • Rosalía and Björk performed "Berghain" at the Brit Awards 2026 featuring The Heritage Orchestra. • Dua Lipa & The Heritage Orchestra - Live From The Royal Albert Hall on 17 October 2024 • NAS & The Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 15th and Saturday & 16 November 2024 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 and at The O2 Arena on 15 March 2024 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 • Ibiza Classics with Pete Tong & The Heritage Orchestra - UK Arena Tours between 2016 to 2022 including Birmingham Arena, The O2 Arena Manchester Arena, Cardiff Arena, Liverpool Arena, Belfast Arena, Glasgow Arena, with additional shows at the Hollywood Bowl on 10 November 2017, Sydney Meyer Music Bowl on 3 November 2017 • Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall on 11 August 2016 • Anna Calvi & The Heritage Orchestra at Edinburgh International Festival on 20 August 2015 • BBC Radio 1 'Ibiza Prom' on 29 July 2015 as part of the BBC Proms season • Sparks & The Heritage Orchestra at the Barbican on 20 January 2015 • Anna Calvi & The Heritage Orchestra at St Johns Church, Hackney on 13 Dec 2014 • These New Puritans & The Heritage Orchestra at the Barbican Centre on 17 April 2014 • The XX & The Heritage Orchestra on BBC Radio 1 with Zane LoTim Exile & The Heritage Orchestra (Warp Records) at Village Underground performing the Bardo EP on 5 September 2013 • The Light Surgeons SuperEverything UK Tour • Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked' with Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins at the Sydney Opera HouseAphex Twin & The Heritage Orchestra and The Remote Orchestra at the Barbican Hall on 10 October 2012 • 'Live_Transmission: Joy Division Reworked' with Scanner and visual artist Matt Watkins premiered at the Brighton Festival on 18 May 2012, later performed at the Sydney Opera House Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Colston Hall, Bristol; Cambridge Corn Exchange; The Anvil, Basingstoke; Symphony Hall, Birmingham; The Lowry, Salford; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Sage Gateshead. • 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 • The Leisure Society at the Barbican London on 8 December 2011 • 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 (11 May). Also appearing on his live DVD and CD 'Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra', released November 2011 • Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall London on 26 August 2010, and also 11 August 2016 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 London on 13 October 2009 and on 9 May 2010 at the festival All Tomorrows PartiesBill Drummond of The KLF – recording and deleting The17 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 and the Sydney Opera House on 26 May 2013 at Vivid LiveThe Bays & The Heritage Orchestra – UK Tour – funded by Arts Council England via Music Beyond The Mainstream 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, also including a performance with Plaid of Warp RecordsDeodato & The Heritage Orchestra at Hackney Empire on 21 July 2006 • Montreux Jazz Festival appearance for an evening organised by Gilles Peterson in July 2005 ==Discography (most recent first)==
Discography (most recent first)
Dua LipaLive from The Royal Albert Hall (Warner, 2024) • RayeMy 21st Century Symphony (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) (Human Re Sources, 2023) • The Breaks (Decca, 2021) • Pete Tong with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules BuckleyIbiza Classics (Polydor, Universal 2017) • Pete Tong with the Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules BuckleyClassic House (Polydor, Universal 2016) reaching No.1 in the UK Album ChartsTim 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 • UnkleWhere Did The Night Fall (Surrender All 2010) • Black Water Transit – Film Score (2009) directed by Tony Kaye • The Heritage Orchestra Feat. DJ YodaG.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) • RazorlightHostage of Love (Vertigo 2008) • Arctic MonkeysLeave Before The Lights Come On (Domino Records 2006) • The Heritage Orchestra (Brownswood Recordings, 2006) ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com