{"id":18,"date":"2016-08-07T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/wp\/index.php\/2016\/08\/07\/conducting-con-spirito\/"},"modified":"2016-08-07T21:00:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-07T21:00:05","slug":"conducting-con-spirito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bragi.co.za\/index.php\/2016\/08\/07\/conducting-con-spirito\/","title":{"rendered":"Conducting &#8211; Con Spirito"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2006, Bragi founded the pop choir Con Spirito. \u00a0Due 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. \u00a0Bragi 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, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>H\u00e6gt og hlj\u00f3tt (Iceland&#8217;s contribution to the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest)<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: start;\">{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/<\/span>2-1-Haegt_og_hljott.mp4<span style=\"text-align: start;\">\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00c1stin<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-2-Astin.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reykingar (from 1982&#8217;s hit movie &#8220;Me\u00f0 allt \u00e1 hreinu&#8221;)<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-3-Reykingar.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sl\u00e1 \u00ed gegn<\/strong>\u00a0(from 1982&#8217;s hit movie &#8220;Me\u00f0 allt \u00e1 hreinu&#8221;) {yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-4-Sla_i_gegn.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Krami\u00f0 hjarta<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-5-Kramid_hjartamp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Koffort \u00feungt sem bl<\/strong>\u00fd {yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-6-Koffort_thungt_sem_bly.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stella \u00ed orlofi (from 1986&#8217;s hit movie &#8220;Stella \u00ed orlofi&#8221;)<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-7-Stella_i_orlofi.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hausti\u00f0 &#8217;75 (from 1982&#8217;s hit movie &#8220;Me\u00f0 allt \u00e1 hreinu&#8221;)<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-8-Haustid_75.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stella \u00ed orlofi (encore)<\/strong>\u00a0{yendifplayer mp4=http:\/\/bragi.co.za\/images\/movies\/Conspirito\/2-9-Stella_i_orlofi-_aukalag.mp4\u00a0autoplay=0}<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption size-full wp-image-17\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Eyj\u00f3lfur Kristj\u00e1nsson\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eyfi.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"Eyj\u00f3lfur Kristj\u00e1nsson\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eyfi.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bragi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eyfi.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2006, Bragi founded the pop choir Con Spirito. \u00a0Due to business on behalf of Bragi himself, the choir only operated for one season &#8211; 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