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June 3, 2023 – WaterFire Music Program

Photograph by Jeffrey Stolzberg

WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, June 3, 2023. The lighting will begin around sunset (8:15 pm) and is set to run until midnight. Supported by Rhode Island School of Design.

All of the music is the work of the original artists listed below and they retain the copyright. The music is used here by permission of the artist or the recording company and/or licensed for public performance through ASCAP, SESAC, and/or BMI (including their affiliated foreign performance rights societies). We urge you to further explore and support the work of these artists through the purchase of their recordings. WaterFire Providence® and Barnaby Evans wish to thank the artists for creating such wonderful music and the recording companies for their enthusiastic cooperation and support.

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June 3, 2023 – Music Program

7:58       “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
8:04       “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
8:07       “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill
from Harmonic Meetings
8:14       “Sabu” (The Secret)
ancient Wassoulou hunter song
performed by Oumou Sangare
from Worotan
8:19       “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
8:25       “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
8:27       “Canzon Duodecimi toni”
composed by Gabrielli, Giovanni
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
8:29       “Guitarra”
composed by Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from Antologia
8:33       “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis”
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
performed by The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
from Fantasia on Greensleeves, et al
8:39       “Lift Me Up”
composed by Bruce Springsteen
performed by Bruce Springsteen
from Limbo
8:44       “Count’s Place”
composed by Count Basie
performed by Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
from Count Basie and the Kansas City 7
8:49       “Penitence”
composed by Ezio Bosso
performed by the Turin String Quartet
from I’m Not Scared
8:51       “Lascia ch’io planga” [from Rinaldo]
composed by George Frederick Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Bartoli
8:56       “Pampa”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by G. Santaolalla and A. Kerpel with J. Torres
from Ronroco
9:00       “Tacoma Trailer”
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Leonard Cohen
from The Future
9:07       “Bakunsaso”
composed by Alessandro Parente
performed by Piccola Orchestra La Viola
from Arovà
9:10       “Durme Durme”
traditional
performed by Tanja Solnik
from Welcoming Children into the World
9:12       “Wire”
composed by The Low Anthem
performed by The Low Anthem
from Smart Flesh
9:16       “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
composed by Kern and Harback
performed by Coleman Hawkins
from Coleman Hawkins Soul
9:21       “One More Goodbye”
composed by Jenifer Smith
performed by Jenifer Smith
from Code Mesa
9:26       “Carpe Diem”
composed by Rodrigo Leão
performed by Rodrigo Leão
from O Mundo
9:31       “Suzanne”
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Leonard Cohen
from The Best of Leonard Cohen
9:35       “Underground”
composed by Goran Bregovic
performed by Goran Bregovic
from Underground
9:40       “Travis”
composed by Béla Fleck
performed by Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, and Mike Marshall
from Uncommon Ritual
9:43       “Flower Duet”  from Lakmé
composed by Léo Delibes
performed by Patricia Petibon and Karine Deshayes
from Lakmé
9:48       “One Moment of Silence”
composed by Arto Tunçboyaciyan
performed by Arto Tunçboyaciyan and Vahagn Hayrapetyan
from Love is Not in Your Mind
9:52       “Cage the Songbird”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:56       “Om Nama Shivaya”
composed by Deborah Van Dyke
performed by Deborah Van Dyke from Traveling the Sacred Sound Current
10:01       “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Welcoming Children into the World
10:04       “Wake Me Up” (Acoustic)
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
From Lift Your Spirit
10:08       “Cada Vez”
composed by Francis Guerrero
performed by Nino Francis
from Amargo
10:00       “The Little People”
composed by Hawk Henries
performed by Hawk Henries, native American flute
from Keeping the Fire
10:13       “Ombra mai fu”  from Serse
composed by Georg Frideric Handel
performed by Andreas Scholl
from Heroes
10:16       “Sacrifice”
composed by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
performed by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
from The Insider
10:24       “Milonga Triste”
composed by Sebastian Piana & Homero Manzi
performed by Hugo Diaz y su Conjunto
from The Tango Lesson soundtrack
10:27       “Nepalese Lullaby”
traditional
performed by Neelam Shrestha
from Welcoming Children into the World
10:29       “Oumai”
composed by Maria de Barros
performed by Maria de Barros
from Danca Ma Mi
10:32       “(Don’t) Tremble”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
10:36       “Deep As Love”
composed by Tord Gustavsen
performed by the Tord Gustavsen Trio
from Changing Places
10:42       “Bamako”
composed by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
10:49       “Full Circle”
composed and composed by Loreena McKennitt
performed by Loreena McKennitt
from The Mask and the Mirror
10:55       “La Luna”
composed by Ottmar Liebert
performed by Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra
from La Semana
11:00       “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”
traditional, arranged by The Blind Boys of Alabama
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Spirit of the Century
11:03       “Der Leiermann”
composed by Franz Shubert 
performed by Thomas Quasthoff
from The Best of Thomas Quasthoff
11:06       “Pod Bay Doors”
composed by David Chandler
performed by David Chandler
from Island Light
11:08       “If I Knew” [excerpt]
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer
from Short Trip Home
11:09       “Veinte años”
composed by María Teresa Vera
performed by Diego El Cigala and Bebo Valdés
from Lágrimas Negras
11:13       “Despertar”
composed by Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes
performed by Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes
from Exotico
11:18       “Where Could I Go”
composed by Ben Harper, Jason Yates and Marc Ford
performed by Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama
from There Will Be a Light
11:22       “Andalusian Nights”
composed by Govi
performed by Govi
from Andalusian Nights
11:28       “As Fontes”
composed by Sophia De Mello, Breyner Andresen, Luis Oliveira
performed by Malfalda Arnauth
from Encantamento
11:31       “Deep River”
composed by Steven Foster
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Deep River
11:34       “Mesa Drive”
composed by Jenifer Smith
performed by Jenifer Smith
from Code Mesa
11:39       “Know”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
11:24       “Amelia Desert Morning”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
11:47       “E lucevan le stelle … ” from Tosca
composed by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Andrea Bocelli
from Aria
11:47       “Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor - Prelude”
composed by J. S. Bach
performed by Edgar Meyer  (on double bass)
from Edgar Meyer:  Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites
11:52       “Igazi”
composed by the Ntu Bhekani Brothers
performed by the Ntu Bhekani Brothers
from Exotic Voices of Africa
11:56       “Short Trip Home”
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall
from Short Trip Home