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The Heritage Orchestra: The Heritage Orchestra

by Chris May
August 19, 2006

Here's something wonderful and totally unexpected, an out-of-left-field, feel-good sonic surprise...

The Heritage Orchestra is a 45-piece symphony orchestra with an average age of 25, featuring jazz soloists and rhythm section, mixing classical orchestration with Hollywood and TV soundscape stylings and a splash of nu-soul. It's an exuberant and invigorating romp.

The band was put together eighteen months ago for a series of club nights at London's Cargo, and it was such a sensation that it looks like it's sticking ...