Not too fast! That’s what I’m hoping from conductor Robin Browning, when I join the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra on November 4th for The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Because some of the music is so swift, there is barely time to paint! Here’s a picture of some practice versions of my toy soldiers for the March. It lasts around two and half minutes! Not long at all.
I am using emulsion paints and some pastels on black boards, and the paintings need to be large and bold to project well. Anything full of fine detail or too small the simply won’t be picked by by the camera that will be capturing the image for the real-time projection.
The trickiest piece will be the Chinese Dance, representing tea. It last 59 seconds!
The last few tickets are going quickly. Really only a handful left for 2pm, a few more for 4.30. This is great news. Unless you are trying to get tickets! If you are – you need to telephone the box office, Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm: 01707 281127.
Everyone is working really hard and falling in love with Tchaikovsky all over again. Such melodies!!! We all think this is going to be an unforgetable afternoon…
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