Virðulegu Forsetar

Virðulegu Forsetar
Studio album by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Released	3 October 2004
Genre	Minimalist, classical music, ambient
Length	65:34
Label	Touch Music
Producer	Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson chronology
Dís (2004) Virðulegu Forsetar (2004) IBM 1401, A User's Manual (2006)

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Pitchfork Media	8.8/10

Virðulegu Forsetar (Icelandic for Honorable presidents) is the second studio album by Icelandic musician Jóhann Jóhannsson, released by Touch Music 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, 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

All tracks are written by Jóhann Jóhannsson

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Part 1"	14:41
2.	"Part 2"	14:51
3.	"Part 3"	14:14
4.	"Part 4"	21:45

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

External links

• Virðulegu Forsetar at AllMusic
• Virðulegu Forsetar at Discogs (list of releases)