In 2012 Blake Morrison and Gavin Bryars wrote a radio play, The Pythagorean Comma, set in a remote village and based on a work by Jules Verne, in which a church organ - especially its registrations and tuning - lies at the heart of the story. Extracts from four short organ pieces were included in the play as occasional incidental music. Bryars referred to these as the Pythagorean Comma Pieces.

In January 2025, my father mentioned the idea of extending these organ works, thinking it might ...