montmorensy [as himself] and the montmorensy orchestra: volker haigis & miriam götze {violins}, nick clifford {viola}, katja kaluce {cello}, fiora dontuadora {soprano} [when she's on the continent] annnnnnd, *natürlich* rebgetz {glockenspiel and/or singing and/or triangle and/or tambourine.. when it takes his fancy}
Influences
emily dickinson, john keats, william wordsworth, jeanette winterson, ludwig van beethoven (vielen dank für op130,31,32), franz schubert, robert schumann, johannes brahms, johann sebastian bach, clara haskil, tori amos, martha wainwright and her brother (he'd hate me putting it that way.. she'd love it), sufjan stevens, the frames, the decemberists, bernadette peters, kate bush, antony and the johnsons, björk, prokofiev, shostakovich, bartok, those great old jazz standards, mama cass, edward elgar, hem, leonard cohen, simon & garfunkel, barbara bonney, gillian welch, oscar wilde, joni mitchell, meryl streep, frederik chopin, aaron copland, samuel barber, maurice ravel, claude debussy, alison krauss and her intonation, fiora, savannah, reba hasko, elias hauck, damian rebgetz, rachel smith and her beautiful sound, paul walsh and his beautiful voice, stephen sondheim, jonathon oxlade, neridah waters, dirkster, violins, stars, trees, snow, ducks, dawn french, jennifer saunders.. and the odd giraffe.
Wow - your music is a sparkling miracle, full of inspiring beauty ! Some Parts do sound a bit extraterrestrial..., could that be? ( Do you know - where you are from... ? )
Thanks again so much for the great performance at my show tonight!! Was thrilled to have you and Alice and Nick there... and loved being in the goldfish bowl so to speak! Tanti baci, Kim
