David Gilmour in Concert by David Gilmour

David Gilmour in Concert

David Gilmour

Released: 2001

Genre
Progressive Rock
Label
Columbia
Format
Live

David Gilmour in Concert is a DVD of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's solo concert that took place 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 Pink 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" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) – with a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. 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 List

1Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1–5
2Terrapin
3Fat Old Sun
4Coming Back to Life
5High Hopes
6Je crois entendre encore
7Smile
8Wish You Were Here
1Comfortably Numb
2Dimming of the Day
3Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 6–8
4A Great Day for Freedom
5Hushabye Mountain
6Dominoes
7Breakthrough
8Comfortably Numb

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