WaterFire Providence presents a Basin Lighting of WaterFire on Monday, August 18, 2025. The lighting will begin at 8:00 PM, and the braziers will remain lit until 10:00 PM. This lighting is supported by the CSG East 64th Annual Meeting and Regional Policy Forum.
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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August 18, 2025 – Music Program
7:24 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
7:30 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
7:33 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
7:40 “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
7:42 “Montanerisimo”
composed by A. Ruiz del Castillo & A. Posada
performed by Los 50 de Jeselito
from Columbia
7:45 “Keep a Cool Head”
composed by Desmond Dacres& Desmond Dekker
performed by Desmond Dekker & The Aces
from This Is Desmond Dekker
7:43 “Esa Noche”
traditional
performed by Café Tacuba
from Music from the Coffee Lands
7:51 “Kun Fe Ko”
composed by Oumou Sangare
performed by Oumou Sangare et al
from Worotan
7:55 “Canzone 8”
composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
performed by the brass section of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
from Venezianische Mehrchörigkeit
8:00 “Baby Elephant”
composed by Ara Dinkjian
performed by Night Ark
from Moments
8:03 “Mi Corazon Me Recuerda”
composed by Haro and Sabines
performed by Lila Downs
from Border
8:08 “Nem As Paredes Confesso”
composed by Ribeire and Trindade
performed by Amália Rodrigues
from The Art of Amália Rodrigues
8:12 “Gabby Kai”
traditional Hawaiian song
performed by James Bla Pahinui
from Music from the Coffee Lands
8:16 “Cerulean”
composed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
performed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
from Putumayo Presents Yoga
8:23 “Nessun dorma”
composed by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Luciano Pavarotti
from Turandot
8:26 “Summa”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by The Hilliard Ensemble
from Arbos
8:31 “Por Que Llorax” excerpt
traditional Chanson Sefardite
performed by Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Savall
from La Voix de l’Emotion
8:37 “Oumai”
composed by Maria de Barros
performed by Maria de Barros
from Danca Ma Mi
8:39 “Adir”
traditional
performed by The Andy Statman Quartet
from Between Heaven and Earth
8:47 “Deep As Love”
composed by Tord Gustavsen
performed by the Tord Gustavsen Trio
from Changing Places
8:53 “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
composed by Kern and Harback
performed by Coleman Hawkins
from Coleman Hawkins Soul
8:58 “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
9:00 “Underground”
composed by Goran Bregovic
performed by Goran Bregovic
from Underground
9:06 “Casta Diva”
composed by Bellini
performed by Maria Callas
from Norma
9:09 “Bridges”
composed by Micheál Ō Domhnaill
performed by Nightnoise
from Nightnoise
9:15 “Comadi”
composed by Céu
performed by Céu (Brazil)
from Vagarosa
9:18 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
9:22 “(Don’t) Tremble”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:27 “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
9:32 “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D' Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
9:37 “Ohnana”
composed by Juan David Loaiza "Kapo", Pedro Juan de la Ossa Medrano "Gangsta", Sandy Tabacinic & Juan Diego Medina Vélez
performed by Kapo
from Ohnana - Single
9:40 “Qaisimalaurittuq (feat. The Westerlies)”
composed by David Gilmour & Roger Waters
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
9:45 “Bamako”
composed by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
9:51 “See Me Lakayana”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Spirit
9:55 “Short Trip Home”
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall
from Short Trip Home
