| David Gilmour in Concert | ||||
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| Released | October 2002 (UK) November 2002 (US) | |||
| Recorded | London, England, 22 June 2001 and January 2002 | |||
| Genre | Acoustic soft rock, folk rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 92 min. (concert footage), 2 hours (concert plus extras) | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) Capitol Records (US) | |||
| Director | David Mallet | |||
| Producer | David Gilmour | |||
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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.[1][2][3][4] It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.[2][5] The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.[3][4] Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof.[1][3] It includes the first performance of "Smile",[2][4] 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.[2][3][4]
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)[6] – 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 [Gilmour's studio] and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."[7]
- ^ a b "David Gilmour "In Concert"". Utopia.knoware.nl. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 146. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
- ^ a b c d Manning, Toby (2006). "Floyd on Film". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 268. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
- ^ a b c d Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). "Afterword – High Hopes". Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 326. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
- ^ Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). "Afterword – High Hopes". Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 327. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9781849383707.
- ^ Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p58