Trey Anastasio reprised his collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra last night at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA.
More than a decade after the pair played a sold-out concert at Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center Concert Hall, the one-night engagement featured the Phish guitarist performing original music arranged for a full orchestra on a mix of electric and acoustic guitar and vocals. The program included Phish songs like “Divided Sky” and “You Enjoy Myself”, whose extended composed sections lend themselves to symphonic interpretation, and danceable fan favorites like “First Tube” and “Stash” that had the fully seated audience moving.
“Petrichor”, which Anastasio premiered with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in 2014, and “What’s The Use” were other highlights of the two-set performance, which concluded with a two-song encore comprised of an acoustic “The Inlaw Josie Wales” and Gamehendge fanfare “The Lizards”.
Check out photos and fan-shot clips from Trey Anastasio with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA below.
Trey just wrapped up a run of spring tour dates with Classic TAB and is about to embark on Phish’s 2024 summer tour, which includes the band’s first festival since 2015, Mondegreen. For more info and tickets, visit the band’s website.
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Trey Anastasio With The National Symphony Orchestra – “First Tube” – 6/25/24
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Setlist: Trey Anastasio With The National Symphony Orchestra | Wolf Trap | Vienna, VA | 6/25/24
Set 1: First Tube, Water In The Sky (acoustic), Evolve, Divided Sky, Mercy, Stash
Set 2: Harry Hood, Petrichor, More (acoustic), What’s The Use?, You Enjoy Myself
Encore: The Inlaw Josie Wales (acoustic), The Lizards
This show featured Trey performing with the National Symphony Orchestra, Edwin Outwater conducting, with orchestration by Don Hart, and featured the orchestral debuts of Evolve, Mercy, and Harry Hood. Water in the Sky, More, and The Inlaw Josie Wales featured Trey on acoustic.