Tuomo Haapala: A Lecture on Swallows for treble choir and double bass

Review

The combination of solo double bass and chorus is lovely and allows the best of both worlds to shine without any balance problems or timbral competition. The multi-talented bassist, composer, improviser, arranger, and instrument inventor Tuomo Haapala has teamed up with the composer Marie Selander and they have written a delightful work for three-part treble chorus and solo bass. It is very accessible work for the audience, very singable for the choir, and very playable for the bass player.

Robert Black, Bass World