David Gilmour in Concert


David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London in June 2001, as part of the Robert Wyatt-curated Meltdown festival. It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002. The track selection includes several Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works. Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof. It includes the first performance of "Smile", a track that would appear almost five years later on Gilmour's third solo album, On an Island. Gilmour also plays two Syd Barrett songs.
Also included is "Je crois entendre encore", an aria from Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré, and sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife Polly's face going red when I tried singing it," he recalled, "and my face literally going into a cold sweat – 'Do I dare try this?' But once the choir came up here and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond "
  2. "Terrapin"
  3. "Fat Old Sun"
  4. "Coming Back to Life"
  5. "High Hopes"
  6. "Les pêcheurs de perles"
  7. "Smile"
  8. "Wish You Were Here"
  9. "Comfortably Numb"
  10. "Dimming of the Day"
  11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond "
  12. "A Great Day for Freedom"
  13. "Hushabye Mountain"

    [Royal Festival Hall] Concert 2002

  15. "Dominoes"
  16. "Breakthrough"
  17. "Comfortably Numb"

    Personnel

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The 30 minutes of special features on the DVD include the tracks "I Put a Spell on You", "Don't", and a performance of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. Additionally, there is a version of "High Hopes" performed by Gilmour's backing vocalists. Finally, there are lyrics, a home movie of the band and choir rehearsing at home, and a 'Spare Digits' feature - a camera on Gilmour's fretboards during six guitar solos.

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