21 June 2026
Chris Sorrell’s presentation on early Wagner recordings on Cylinder & Disk
Read more here
Click on the first photo to view slideshow
Scene from Tony Palmer’s ‘Wagner’ part 2 [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Scene from’Wagner’ part 2 [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Dr Chris Sorrell
Introduction by Esteban Insausti to Chris Sorrell’s presentation on Wagner on Edison cyinder, with two Edison cylinder players in the foreground: the Model D maroon Gem on the left, & the all-mahogany Edison player – model Concert – on the right [photo, Lis Bergmann]
The audience [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Chris Sorrell [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Chris Sorrell [photo, Lis Bergmann]
One of the earliest attempts to marry film and sound – the Air du Toréador from Bizet’s Carmen [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Another of the earliest attempts to marry film and sound – Sextette from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (Mendel, 1908) [photo, Lis Bergmann]
The Edison cylinder [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Audience members [photo, Lis Bergmann]
The all-mahogany Edison player – model Concert [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Preparing the player [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Audience members [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Interest following the presentation [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Interest following the presentation [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Lis Bergmann & Pauline Holgerson [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Afternoon tea [photo, VP Marie Leech]
At afternoon tea [photo, Lis Bergmann]
At afternoon tea [photo, Lis Bergmann]
Brett Johnson, Leona Geeves, Esteban Insausti, Chris Sorrell & Graeme Gee [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Jenny Edwards & Esteban Insausti [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Leona Geeves & Brett Johnson [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Barbara Beasley & Margaret Whealy [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Dennis Mather & Robert Mitchell [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Pauline Holgerson & Lis Bergmann [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Helen Meddings, Glynis Johns, Bettina Boss & June Donsworth [photo, VP Marie Leech]
Colin Piper & Brett Johnson [photo, VP Marie Leech]
