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Event Details
Lasting about an hour, Virðulegu forsetar is a “concert sound installation” (it originally accompanied an exhibition about presidents, hence its title which translates as “eminent presidents”).
It is scored for a brass ensemble (trumpets, French horns and tuba), percussion (glockenspiel and bells), keyboards and electronics. The piece is based on a single, quiet motif built up from a simple harmonic cadence of about a minute’s duration, which is constantly repeated while being minutely altered. Jóhann Jóhannson composed Virðulegu forsetar for the acoustic qualities of Hallgrimskirkja church in Reykjavík, where the live performance had its première in 2003.
Jóhann Jóhannsson died on 9 February 2018. In September of the same year, to commemorate the composer’s 49th birthday, his close collaborator, the American composer Adam Wiltzie living in Brussels, organised a performance of Virðulegu forsetar in the Belgian metropolis. Wiltzie will also be the crucial figure in the Brno concert, which will feature members of the well-established Moravia Brass Band under the baton of its chief conductor Chuhei Iwasaki.
JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON
Virðulegu forsetar (Eminent presidents), Czech premiere
Adam Wiltzie synthesizer, electronics
members of Moravia Brass Band
conductor Chuhei Iwasaki