Dirty Beasts

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Information

Musical work commissioned by Roald Dahl Foundation in 2013
Composed by British composer Benjamin Wallfisch
Libretto by Donald Sturrock
Includes:
- “The Porcupine”
- “The Pig”
- “The Anteater”
- “The Toad and the Snail”
Performances:
- World premiere at Royal Festival Hall, London, 2013
  - Conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch
  - Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Description

Dirty Beasts is the newest of the Roald Dahl Orchestral Commissions and was first performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2013. Described as a “A major new name on the new music horizon” by Humphrey Burton (BBC Radio 3), Benjamin Wallfisch was the ideal choice to set these wonderfully whacky poems.