In November 2014 and January 2015 I visited London, England and whilst there attended services in Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral. Like many before me, I was impressed by the ambiance and solemnity surrounding the services. At about the same time Tim Reynish asked me to write a piece that could be played by a good high school band and as a result Cathedral Variations was born. 

Cathedral Variations is as the name suggests a set of variations on the English hymn tune All Praise To Thee, My God, This Night by Thomas Tallis (also known as The Tallis Canon) which was first published as a setting of Psalm 67 around 1561.