Heritage Suite (What Hope Saw) is dedicated to and written for John Hutchins and the members of Eynsford Concert Band. The work is inspired by the bronze scuplture by Sarah Cunnington entitled 'Hope'. The sculpture is of a woman running with a dover perched on her hand. The woman's cloak billows out behind her and contains eight panels describing the tow of West Malling's history. Hertiage Suite is a six-movement work that focuses on all eight subjects. To give the Suite a send of unity, musical ideams from previous movements re-appear in unexpected placed implyin g that history often repeats itself. A number of familiar pieces of music are also hinted at. The movements are: Bric-a-brac Market; Prayers & Plagues; Conucopia; Hop Picker's Round; Warm Beer and Cricket' Wyatt's Rebellion & Hope.
