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'''''David Gilmour in Concert''''' is a [[DVD]] of [[Pink Floyd]] [[guitar]]ist [[David Gilmour]]'s solo concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[London]] in June 2001, as part of the [[Robert Wyatt]]-curated [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown]] festival.<ref name=utopia>{{cite web|url=http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/news/david_dvd.html |title=David Gilmour "In Concert" |publisher=Utopia.knoware.nl |date= |accessdate=9 September 2012}}</ref><ref name=toby146>{{cite book|last=Manning|first=Toby|title=The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd|year=2006|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=1-84353-575-0|page=146|edition=1st|chapter=Which One's Pink?}}</ref><ref name=toby268>{{cite book|last=Manning|first=Toby|title=The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd|year=2006|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=1-84353-575-0|page=268|edition=1st|chapter=Floyd on Film}}</ref><ref name=schaffner326>{{cite book|last=Schaffner|first=Nicholas|title=Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey|year=2005|publisher=Helter Skelter|location=London|isbn=1-905139-09-8|page=326|edition=New|chapter=Afterword – High Hopes}}</ref> It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.<ref name=toby146/><ref name=schaffner327>{{cite book|last=Schaffner|first=Nicholas|title=Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey|year=2005|publisher=Helter Skelter|location=London|isbn=1-905139-09-8|page=327|edition=New|chapter=Afterword – High Hopes}}</ref> The track selection includes several Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.<ref name=toby268/><ref name=schaffner326/> Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], as well as [[Robert Wyatt]] and [[Bob Geldof]].<ref name=utopia/><ref name=toby268/> It includes the first performance of "[[Smile (David Gilmour song)|Smile]]"<ref name=toby146/><ref name=schaffner326/>, 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.<ref name=toby146/><ref name=toby268/><ref name=schaffner326/> |
'''''David Gilmour in Concert''''' is a [[DVD]] of [[Pink Floyd]] [[guitar]]ist [[David Gilmour]]'s solo concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[London]] in June 2001, as part of the [[Robert Wyatt]]-curated [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown]] festival.<ref name=utopia>{{cite web |url=http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/news/david_dvd.html |title=David Gilmour "In Concert" |publisher=Utopia.knoware.nl |date= |accessdate=9 September 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112165815/http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/ptr/pfloyd/news/david_dvd.html |archivedate=12 November 2011 |df= }}</ref><ref name=toby146>{{cite book|last=Manning|first=Toby|title=The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd|year=2006|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=1-84353-575-0|page=146|edition=1st|chapter=Which One's Pink?}}</ref><ref name=toby268>{{cite book|last=Manning|first=Toby|title=The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd|year=2006|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=1-84353-575-0|page=268|edition=1st|chapter=Floyd on Film}}</ref><ref name=schaffner326>{{cite book|last=Schaffner|first=Nicholas|title=Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey|year=2005|publisher=Helter Skelter|location=London|isbn=1-905139-09-8|page=326|edition=New|chapter=Afterword – High Hopes}}</ref> It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.<ref name=toby146/><ref name=schaffner327>{{cite book|last=Schaffner|first=Nicholas|title=Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey|year=2005|publisher=Helter Skelter|location=London|isbn=1-905139-09-8|page=327|edition=New|chapter=Afterword – High Hopes}}</ref> The track selection includes several Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.<ref name=toby268/><ref name=schaffner326/> Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], as well as [[Robert Wyatt]] and [[Bob Geldof]].<ref name=utopia/><ref name=toby268/> It includes the first performance of "[[Smile (David Gilmour song)|Smile]]"<ref name=toby146/><ref name=schaffner326/>, 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.<ref name=toby146/><ref name=toby268/><ref name=schaffner326/> |
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Also included is "{{lang|fr|Je crois entendre encore}}" ("I still believe I hear"), an aria from Georges Bizet's opera ''{{lang|fr|[[Les pêcheurs de perles]]}}'' (''The Pearl Fishers''),<ref name="Mabbett3">{{Cite book | publisher = [[Omnibus Press]] | isbn = 9781849383707 | last = Mabbett | first = Andy | title = Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery | location = London | year= 2010 }}</ref> with a [[libretto]] by [[Eugène Cormon]] and [[Michel Carré]], and sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife [[Polly Samson|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."<ref>Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' #48, Christmas 2002, p58</ref> |
Also included is "{{lang|fr|Je crois entendre encore}}" ("I still believe I hear"), an aria from Georges Bizet's opera ''{{lang|fr|[[Les pêcheurs de perles]]}}'' (''The Pearl Fishers''),<ref name="Mabbett3">{{Cite book | publisher = [[Omnibus Press]] | isbn = 9781849383707 | last = Mabbett | first = Andy | title = Pink Floyd - The Music and the Mystery | location = London | year= 2010 }}</ref> with a [[libretto]] by [[Eugène Cormon]] and [[Michel Carré]], and sung by Gilmour in the original French. "I remember my wife [[Polly Samson|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."<ref>Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' #48, Christmas 2002, p58</ref> |
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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.[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 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, 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 [Gilmour's studio] and ran through it with me, that gave me a huge amount of confidence."[7]
Track listing
The Meltdown Concert from June 2001
- "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)
- "Terrapin" (Syd Barrett)
- "Fat Old Sun" (Gilmour)
- "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour)
- "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Polly Samson)
- "Je crois entendre encore" (Georges Bizet)
- "Smile" (Gilmour, Samson)
- "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour, Waters)
- "Comfortably Numb" (with Robert Wyatt) (Gilmour, Waters)
- "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson)
- "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–VIII)" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
- "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson)
- "Hushabye Mountain" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman)
Royal Festival Hall Concert 2002
- "Dominoes" (Barrett)
- "Breakthrough" (with Richard Wright) (Wright, Anthony Moore)
- "Comfortably Numb" (with Bob Geldof) (Gilmour, Waters)
Personnel
- David Gilmour – guitars, vocals
- Neill MacColl – guitars, backing vocals
- Michael Kamen – piano, English horn
- Chucho Merchán – double bass
- Caroline Dale – cello
- Dick Parry – baritone and tenor saxophones
- Nic France – drums & percussion
- Gospel Choir – Sam Brown (choir leader), Chris Ballin, Pete Brown, Margo Buchanan, Claudia Fontaine, Michelle John Douglas, Sonia Jones, Carol Kenyon, David Laudat, Durga McBroom, Aitch McRobbie, Beverli Skeete
with
- Bob Geldof – vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (January 2002 footage)
- Robert Wyatt – vocals on "Comfortably Numb" (June 2001 footage)
- Richard Wright – vocals on "Breakthrough", keyboards on "Breakthrough" and "Comfortably Numb"
Special features
The 30 minutes of special features on the DVD include the tracks "I Put a Spell on You" (from Later with Jools Holland from June 1992), "Don't" (from a Leiber-Stoller Tribute concert from June 2001), and a performance of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (recorded on Gilmour's houseboat The Astoria).[8][9] 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.[9][5]
Quotes
I can show you places where the nerves are there. At the beginning of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', there's a closeup of me doing a vibrato on the acoustic guitar which is more than I'd ever intended. That was due to trembling. It wasn't as under control as one would like it to be.
— David Gilmour, 2002[10]
How did you go about choosing the material for the shows? I went through the entire Pink Floyd catalogue, and I picked the tunes I liked. Then, after I figured out which ones would work with the instrumentation I had in mind, I spent about three months fiddling around in my home studio mocking up the arrangements.
References
- ^ a b "David Gilmour "In Concert"". Utopia.knoware.nl. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ "Music | In Concert | Official Website". David Gilmour. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - David Gilmour - In Concert". Brain Damage. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p58
- ^ "A Saucerful of Strings" interview, Guitar Player, January 2003 Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 28 July 2010