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August 31, 2024 – WaterFire Music Program

WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, August 31, 2024. The lighting will begin at 7:19 PM and the braziers will remain lit until 11:00 PM. This lighting is supported by Dunkin’ with additional funds from FM.

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.

Get the August 31, 2024 music program as a Spotify playlist.

August 31, 2024 – Music Program

7:02       “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
7:08       “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
7:11       “Halleluyah
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
7:18       “Ondiek
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from I Dreamed of Africa
7:22       “Duna Ma Yelema
composed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traore & Habib Koite
performed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traore & Habib Koite
from Macire
7:26       “This New Day…”  - a morning song
based on traditional forms
made by Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike
from Walk in Beauty: Healing Songs of the Native American Church
7:28       “Market Day
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Beat the Border
7:31       “Canzon Noni Toni à 12 (Sacrae Symphoniae 1597)”
composed by Giovanni Gabrieli
performed by London Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble
from Sacred Brass
7:35       “Ya Rayah
composed by Rachid Taha
performed by Rachid Taha
from Diwân
7:41       “Mar Azul
composed by B. Leza
performed by Cesaria Evora
from Mar Azul
7:45       “Deliciae Meae”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
7:50       “A Model of the Universe"
composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
performed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
from The Theory of Everything soundtrack
7:53       “Cerulean”
composed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
performed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
from Putumayo Presents Yoga
8:00       “Music for 18 Musicians: II. Section I”
composed by Steve Reich
performed by Steve Reich Ensemble
from Music for 18 Musicians
8:04       “Comadi”
composed by Céu
performed by Céu  (Brazil)
from Vagarosa
8:08       “St. James Infirmary
composed by Irving Mills
performed by Billie and Dee Preservation Hall Orchestra
from Preservation Hall Early Years
8:12       “Waino Blues
composed by Daby Balde
performed by Dabe Balde
from Introducing Dabe Balde
8:16       “I Heard It Through The Grapevine
composed by Marvin Gaye
Performed by Bill Frisell
from East/West
8:21       “Raquel
composed by Rufino Almeida
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
8:25       “Kakokolo
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
8:30       “Surfin”
composed by Ernest Ranglin
performed by Ernest Ranglin
from NPR Tiny Desk Concert
8:35       “Presentiment
composed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
performed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
from Ethiopiques Vol. 21
8:32       “(Don’t) Tremble”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
8:43       “Sposa, non mi conosci” from Merope
composed by Geminiano Giacomelli
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
8:48       “Mariama Kaba
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
8:54       “Negro River
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
8:58       “Paperweight
composed by Joshua Radin and Schulyler Fisk
performed by Joshua Radin and Schulyler Fisk
from The Last Kiss
9:02       “Domine Fil Unigenite
reinterpreted traditional chant 
performed by Mercedes Bahleda
from Mercy Songs
9:06       “Ombra mai fu” from Serse
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium 
9:09       “Wátina” [“I called out”]
composed by Andy Palacio 
performed by Andy Palacio and Garifuna
from Wátina
9:14       “Altèlèyeshegnem
composed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté 
performed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté
from Ethiopiques Vol. 10 
9:19       “Embalasasa”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
9:23       “Anyone and Everyone
composed by Lhasa
performed by Lhasa
from Lhasa
9:26       “Cage the Songbird
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:30       “Desert Bus Ride
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
9:32       “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by Staatsorchester Stuttgart
from Tabula Rasa
9:37       “Uummati Attanarsimat”
composed by Christopher Stein & Deborah Harry
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
9:41       “Hallelujah
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Jeff Buckley
from Grace
9:48       “Baba
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
9:52       “Sin Precio
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
9:55       “Djarimirri
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
9:59       “See Me Lakayana
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Spirit
10:03      “Guitarra”
composed by Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from Antologia
10:07      “Little Potato
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:11      “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
10:16      “Ne Haciyiz Ne Hocayiz”
traditional Turkish Alevi folk song
perfomred by Hasan Saltik
from Yare Dokuuma
10:21      “Wake Me Up (Acoustic)”
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
From Lift Your Spirit
10:24      “Deep River
composed by Steven Foster
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Deep River
10:27      “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D' Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
10:32      “As Far As I Can See
composed by Charlie Provenza
performed by The Nashville Mandolin Trio
from American Portraits
10:36      “De Cara a la Pared
composed by Lhasa De Sela
performed by Lhasa De Sela
from La Llorona
10:41      "Guajira Bonita”
traditional
performed by Julian Avalos and Afro-Andes
from Music from the Coffee Lands
10:47      “Por Que Llorax”  excerpt
traditional Chanson Sefardite
performed by Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Savall
from La Voix de l’Emotion
10:52      “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
10:55      “Take My Hand”
composed by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey
performed by Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama
from There Will Be Light