{"id":242,"date":"2018-06-03T23:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T23:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/wp\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:19:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:19:29","slug":"conducting-con-spirito","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bragi.co.za\/index.php\/conductor\/conducting-con-spirito\/","title":{"rendered":"Conducting &#8211; Con Spirito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2006, Bragi founded the pop choir Con Spirito. &nbsp;Due to business on behalf of Bragi himself, the choir only operated for one season &#8211; during that one season, we focussed on music composed by Icelandic pop composer Valgeir Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson, who has had a hugely successful career since the early 1970s. &nbsp;Bragi arranged all the concert&#8217;s music especially for choir and band. Valgeir himself and fellow pop-star Eyj\u00f3lfur Kristj\u00e1nsson performed guest-solos at the concert, held at Seltjarnarneskirkja church in December 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Piano: J\u00f3n Bjarnason<\/p>\n<p>Bass: Dan\u00edel Brandur Sigurgeirsson<\/p>\n<p>Guitar: Ragnar \u00d6rn Emilsson<\/p>\n<p>Drums: Ragnar \u00de\u00f3r Ing\u00f3lfsson<\/p>\n<p>See video clips below from the 2nd half of the concert.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption size-full wp-image-16\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Valgeir Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/valgeir.jpg?resize=340%2C427\" alt=\"Valgeir Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsson\" border=\"0\" width=\"340\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/valgeir.jpg?w=340&amp;ssl=1 340w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/valgeir.jpg?resize=239%2C300&amp;ssl=1 239w\" sizes=\"auto, 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