The composer Philip Sparke took the Seeland region in north-west Switzerland with its three lakes (Lakes Murten, Neuchâtel and Biel) as the starting point for his Lakeland Variations. The work consists of an introduction and five variations based on the motifs of the first bars. The three lakes are represented by the three notes of the first timpani solo, whose intervals - a fourth and a second - together with a cornet figure form the basis for all subsequent variations.