Written by an organist, this piece translates ceremonial grandeur into a piano idiom through punctuated rhythms and heavy chordal structures. It demands a deliberate, stately sense of timing.
Precision in the rhythmic drive and chord articulation is essential to avoid a muddy sound.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Cathedral Procession is rated Henle level 4 of 9 — intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 5–6. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 6.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 4 — meaning you can already play level 3–4 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Cathedral Procession lasts about 4 minutes.
Cathedral Procession is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Bohemian Grand March by Herrman S. Saroni, Allegro risoluto in E-flat major by Marco Anzoletti, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.