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An Orchestral Suite from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

September 4, 2025, 10:00 pm

Lorin Maazel (Photo: Barbara Haws /Chris Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and darkened, via Wikimedia Commons)

Arranged by previous Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel, Wagner: The Ring Without Words is chronological compilation of orchestral highlights from The Ring Cycle. Within the 70-minute work are also key moments from the opera, including the famous Ride of the Valkyries, and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey.

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Richard Wagner (Arr. Maazel): The Ring Without Words
Conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann

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An Orchestral Suite from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

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