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September 30, 2023 – WaterFire Music Program

Photograph by Jeffrey Stolzberg

WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, September 9, 2023. The lighting will begin around sunset (6:29 p.m.) and is set to run until midnight. This lighting is supported by Rhode Island Department of Education, XQ Institute, Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, Parsons Capital Management.

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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September 30, 2023 – Music Program

6:12       “Being in Rhythm
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
6:18       “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
6:21       “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
6:28       “Creator’s Song”
traditional Lakota Sun dance closing song in praise of the creator
performed by Joanne Shenandoah
from Orenda
6:32       “Soya”
composed by Ali Farak Touré
performed by Ali Farka Touré
from Savane
6:36      “The Face of Love”
composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder
performed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Eddie Vedder
from Dead Man Walking soundtrack
6:42       “Canzon IX a 8, 1615”
composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
6:45       “Prelude (From the Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007)”
composed by J.S. Bach
performed by Yo Yo Ma
from the Master and Commander soundtrack
6:48       “Montanerisimo”
composed by A. Ruiz del Castillo & A. Posada
performed by Los 50 de Jeselito
from Lo Que El Pueblo Quiere Bailar
6:50       “Djarimirri”
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
6:54       “El Carretero”
traditional Cuban folksong
performed by Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzales, Eliades Ochoa and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club
6:58       “SaBu” (The Secret)
ancient Wassoulou hunter song
performed by Oumou Sangare
from Worotan
7:03       “Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika”
composed by Joseph Shabalala & Enoch Sontonga
performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
from Favourites (Special Edition)
7:05       “Japurá River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
7:10       “Meniscus”                                                  
composed by David Curtis
performed by This Mortal Coil
from Filigree & Shadow
7:13       “Concerto in B Minor II: Largo” (RV 424)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
performed by Toronto Chamber Orchestra and Ofra Harnoy, cello
from Vivaldi Cello Concertos
7:17       “Esa Noche”
traditional
performed by Café Tacuba
from Music from the Coffee Lands
7:20       “Aideu”
traditional Santería prayer to Orisha Ochun
performed by Conjunto Céspedes
from Flores
7:22       “Thoughts Unspoken”
composed by Ken Field
performed by Ken Field
from Subterranea
7:26       “Ima Au Lâ ‘Oe”
composed Keola Beamer
performed Keola Beamer
from Mauna Kea-White Mountain Journal
7:29       “Mujer Magica”
composed by Julian Avalos
performed by Julian Avalos and Afro-Andes
from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
7:34       “Ghetto”
composed by Sam Mangwana
performed by Sam Mangwana
from Galo Negro
7:39       “Sangjidorji”
traditional Mongolian song
performed by Urna Chahar-Tugchi
from Urna Hödööd
7:43       “Mueve la Cintura Mulata”
composed by Alejandro Enis Almenaris
performed by Cuarteto Oriente
from Casa de la Trova:  Santiago de Cuba
7:51       “Icare”
composed by René Dupéré
performed by Cirque du Soleil
from Alegria
7:58       “Homeless”
composed by Joseph Shabalala and Paul Simon
performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
from Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends
8:02       “Cubana”
composed by Horacio Hernandez and Charles Neville
performed by Deep Rumba
from Alto En La Fiebre De La Rumba
8:04       “St. James Infirmary”
composed by Irving Mills
performed by Billie and Dee Preservation Hall Orchestra
from Preservation Hall Early Years
8:08       “Being There”
composed by Tord Gustavsen
performed by the Tord Gustavsen Trio
from The Ground
8:12       “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
8:18       “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
8:22       “Cucurrucucu Paloma”
composed by Tomas Mendez
performed by Caetano Veloso
from Talk to Her
8:26       “Andalusian Nights”
composed by Govi
performed by Govi
from Andalusian Nights
8:31       “Deep River”
composed by Steven Foster
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Deep River
8:34       “Pod Bay Doors”
composed by David Chandler
performed by David Chandler
from Island Light
8:36       “Despertar”
composed by Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes
performed by Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes
from Exotico
8:41       “Milk and Honey”
composed by Jackson C. Frank
performed by Jackson C. Frank
from Blues Run the Game
8:44       “Veinte años”
composed by María Teresa Vera
performed by Diego El Cigala and Bebo Valdés
from Lágrimas Negras
8:48       “Kumbalawe”
composed by Cirque du Soliel
performed by Cirque du Soliel
from Saltimbanco
8:54       “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
8:57       “Casta Diva”
composed by Bellini
performed by Maria Callas
from Norma
9:00       “La Luna”
composed by Ottmar Liebert
performed by Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra
from La Semana
9:05       “Y Una Madre”  [And a Mother]
traditional Ladino
performed by Savina Yannatou
from Mediterranea
9:07       “Serse: ‘Ombra mai fu’”
composed by George Frederic Handel
performed by the Collegium Musicum
from Handel at the Opera
9:10       “Agrigento”
composed by George Zikas
performed by Yiorgos Dalaras
from Welcome (1994)
9:14       “Know”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
9:17       “Fado Da Saudade”
composed by Fernando Pinto do Amaral
performed by Carlos de Carmo
from fados soundtrack
9:21       “Surfin”
composed by Ernest Ranglin
performed by Ernest Ranglin
from NPR Tiny Desk Concert
9:25       “Bridges”
composed by Micheál Ō Domhnaill
performed by Nightnoise
from Nightnoise
9:31       “Der Leiermann”
composed by Franz Shubert
performed by Thomas Quasthoff
from The Best of Thomas Quasthoff
9:35       “Wahrane”
composed by Khaled Hadj Brahim
performed by Khaled
from Best of Khaled
9:39       “Djôn'Maya”
composed by Victor Démé
performed by Victor Démé
from Victor Démé
9:44       “Morning Is Coming”
composed by Sting, Orville Burrell, Rohan Rankine & Shaun Pizzonia
performed by Sting & Shaggy
from 44/876 (Deluxe)
9:47       “Wake Me Up” (Acoustic)
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
from Lift Your Spirit
9:51       “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
9:55       “Pie Jesu” from the Requiem (Op. 48)
composed by Gabriel Fauré
performed by Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
from Fauré Requiem
9:58       “Yati Pouli Chen Kelaidhis”  
[Why Little Bird Do You Not Sing]
traditional Greek [Thrace]
performed by Savina Yannatou
from Mediterranea
10:01      “Deliciae Meae”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
10:06      “Pari Intervallo”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by The Hilliard Ensemble
from Arbos
10:12      “Sarabande” from French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
performed by Glenn Gould
from The French Suites
10:15      “Una furtiva lagrima”
composed by Gaetano Donizetti
performed by Luciano Pavarotti
from L'elisir d'amore
10:20      “Xandinha”
composed by Nando Da Cruz
performed by Cesaria Evora
from Cesaria Evora
10:25      “Summa”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by The Hilliard Ensemble
from Arbos
10:30      “Vichnaya Pamyat”
composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir
performed by Homin Lviv Municipal Choir
from Chernobyl (Music from the Original TV Series)
10:34      “Fry Bread”
composed by BC Smith
performed by BC Smith
from Smoke Signals soundtrack
10:36      “Petit Quatour”
composed by Jean Francaix
performed by Berliner Saxophone Quartet
from Berliner Saxophone Quartet
10:41      “Kothbiro”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from African Voices: Songs of Life
10:47      “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D' Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
10:52      “Les Pleurs”
composed by Sainte Colombe
performed by Jordi Savall, viola da gamba
from Tous les matins du monde
10:56      “Short Trip Home”
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, & Mike Marshall
from Short Trip Home