Virðulegu Forsetar ( Icelandic for ''Honorable presidents'') is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by Icelandic musician

Jóhann Jóhannsson Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchest ...

, released by

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in 2004. It consists of one ambient-influenced classical piece using the same phrase throughout, divided into four parts for technical reasons.

Performance at remembrance concert

After Jóhannsson's death in 2018,

Adam Wiltzie Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie (born September 17, 1969) is an American composer and sound engineer based in Brussels, Belgium. Early life Adam Wiltzie was born on September 17, 1969, in New York City. Originally a champion youth tennis player, a knee in ...

, a close friend, organised a remembrance performance of Virðulegu Forsetar on what would have been Jóhannsson's 49th birthday. The concert took place at the Church of Saint John The Baptist at the Béguinage in Brussels.

Track listing

Personnel

*Bass, Electronics – Skúli Sverrisson *Conductor – Guðni Franzson *Ensemble – The Caput Ensemble *Glockenspiel, bells, electronics – Mathias M.D. Hemstock *Horns – Anna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Einar St. Jónsson, Emil Friðfinnsson, Stefán Jón Bernharðsson, Þorkell Jóelsson *Organ – Guðmundur Sigurðsson, Hörður Bragason *Photography – Jon Wozencroft, Kari Ósk Ege *Recording, mastering, authoring – Sveinn Kjartansson *Trumpet – Eiríkur Örn Pálsson, Ásgeir Steingrímsson* *Tuba – Sigurður Már Valsson *Writing, arranging, production, piano, electronics – Jóhann Jóhannsson

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2004 albums Electronic albums by Icelandic artists Jóhann Jóhannsson albums