title: Virðulegu Forsetar
text: # Virðulegu Forsetar
  
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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.
  
  ## 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
  