David Heyes - Legend No.1 ‘Ukko Ylijumala’ for double bass quartet

Dedicated to Teppo Hauta-aho

Ukko is the God of the sky, weather, harvest and thunder in Finnish mythology. In folk poems and prayers, he is also given the epithet Ylijumala, which means Supreme God, probably because of his status as the most highly regarded God and his traditional domain is in the heavens.

David Heyes writes: "This quartet was composed for my younger students at Wells Cathedral School, all aged be...