David Gilmour in Concert

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox album 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.<ref name=utopia>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=toby146>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=toby268>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=schaffner326>Template:Cite book</ref> It also features footage filmed during three concerts at the same venue in January 2002.<ref name=toby146/><ref name=schaffner327>Template:Cite book</ref> The track selection includes several Pink Floyd songs, in addition to Gilmour's solo works.<ref name=toby268/><ref name=schaffner326/> Guest appearances are made by Floyd colleague Richard Wright, as well as Robert Wyatt and Bob Geldof.<ref name=utopia/><ref name=toby268/> It includes the first performance of "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/>

Also included is "Template:Lang" ("I still believe I hear") – an aria from Georges Bizet's opera Template:Lang (The Pearl Fishers)<ref name="Mabbett3">Template:Cite book</ref> – 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."<ref name="Fielder, Hugh 2002, p58">Fielder, Hugh: "Sinking the pink"; Classic Rock #48, Christmas 2002, p58</ref>

Track listing

The Meltdown Concert from June 2001

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–II, IV–V)" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright)
2. "Terrapin" (Syd Barrett)
3. "Fat Old Sun" (Gilmour)
4. "Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour)
5. "High Hopes" (Gilmour, Polly Samson)
6. "Template:Lang" (Georges Bizet)
7. "Smile" (Gilmour, Samson)
8. "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour, Waters)
9. "Comfortably Numb" (with Robert Wyatt) (Gilmour, Waters)
10. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson)
11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–VII, ending from Part V)" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright)
12. "A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson)
13. "Hushabye Mountain" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman)

Royal Festival Hall Concert 2002

14. "Dominoes" (Barrett)
15. "Breakthrough" (with Richard Wright) (Wright, Anthony Moore)
16. "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 (solo on Smile), Beverly 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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=bd>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name=schaffner327/><ref name=bd/>

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for David Gilmour in Concert

Chart (2002–09)	Peak position
Argentine Music DVD (CAPIF)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	20
Dutch Music DVD (MegaCharts)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	10
New Zealand Music DVD (RMNZ)<ref name="NZ">Template:Cite book</ref>	2
Portuguese Music DVD (AFP)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	14
US Music Videos (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	6