WaterFire Providence presents a full lighting on Saturday, July 14th sponsored by Fidelity Investments and the 2018 NACUFS National Conference. The lighting is scheduled to start just after sunset (8:20 p.m.) and is set to run through 12:30 a.m.
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 right 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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President Donald Farish of Roger Williams University receives the first light at our September 2013 WaterFire lighting.
WaterFire and its Board of Directors are dedicating this Saturday’s lighting of WaterFire to honor President Donald Farish of Roger Williams University for his inspiring leadership and his transformative impact on our community and our nation. President Farish loved the University, its students and the challenges he faced in building the institution. He was an articulate and active national spokesman for the importance of higher education and the necessity of keeping college both relevant and affordable. Under Farish’s leadership, the University flourished and expanded; enlarging its spheres of engagement in many directions.
WaterFire was honored to join Roger Williams University for its expansion into Providence and the 20th anniversary of the Law School with a special lighting of WaterFire in 2013. Don Farish and his wife Maia set the fires alight in the spirit of recognizing the inspiring power of enlightenment, reason, and education. Later we hosted over one hundred community design projects developed by Roger Williams students at the just-opened WaterFire Arts Center. I was particularly moved and honored to give the 2016 commencement address when I was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. President Farish’s delight in seeing each student step forth into a bright new life was felt wonderfully by all of us that day.
President Farish’s leadership, inspiring words and innovations in teaching at Roger Williams will bring light and engagement to generations still to come. His example of careful, thoughtful and polite civic engagement inspired leaders and the community to work together to accomplish much and is a perfect example of leadership at its finest. We will long remember President Farish and his accomplishments. We can perhaps best honor him, by seeing his as an example of the leadership we must exhibit all across this country. There is still much to accomplish.
This weekend’s sponsor, Fidelity Investments, wished to join us in this dedication with Rick Metters, V.P. of RI Regional Public Affairs and Corporate Community Relations, adding, “Fidelity Investments offers its sincere condolences to the family, friends and all of those whose lives were impacted by the important work of President Donald Farish. His commitment to excellence in education, college affordability, and equity, as well as the deep bonds he forged with the community, positioned Roger Williams University as a vital and integral institution in Rhode Island. He will be greatly missed, but his words, work, and wisdom will continue to inspire us all for decades to come.”
Barnaby Evans, Exec. Artistic Director
July 14th, 2018 – Music Program
8:20 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
8:26 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
8:29 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes and Timothy Hill voices and drum
from Harmonic Meetings
8:36 “Canzon duodecimi toni”
composed by Gabrielli, Giovanni
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
8:40 “Negro River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
8:45 “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
8:47 “Djarimirri”
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
8:51 “Postales”
composed by Federico Aubele
performed by Federico Aubele
from the Poseidon soundtrack
8:55 “See Me Lakayana”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Spirit
8:59 “El Payande”
composed by Lhasa
performed by Lhasa
from La Llorona
9:03 “Union Square”
performed by Devil Doll
from Queen of Pain
9:06 “Querer”
performed by Cirque Du Soleil
from Alegria
9:11 “Celos”
performed by The Goton Project
composed by The Goton Project
from Lunatico
9:17 “Ta Bakiera”
performed by Goran Bregovic and Kayah
composed by Goran Bregovic and Kayah
from Bregovic and Kayah
9:21 “Miami”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
9:25 “Amelia Desert Morning”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
9:26 “One True Word”
composed by The Accident That Led Me to the World
performed by The Accident That Led Me to the World
from The Island Gospel
9:30 “Bonatology”
composed by Richard Bone
performed by Richard Bone
from Munia
9:32 “Melos”
composed by Vassilis Tsabropoulos
performed by Vassilis Tsabropoulos
from Melos
9:37 “Sin Precio”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
9:40 “This Year’s Love”
composed by David Gray
performed by David Gray
from White Ladder
9:45 “Lamento Sertanejo”
composed by Gilberto Gil
performed by Nicolas Krassik
from Na Lapa
9:49 “Hallelujah”
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Jeff Buckley
from Grace
9:56 “Baba”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
10:00 “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
10:02 “Virðulegu Forsetar” [excerpt]
composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
performed by the Caput Ensemble
from Virðulegu Forsetar
10:09 “Cage the Songbird”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
10:13 “Azara Alhai”
composed by Rasha
performed by Rasha
from Sudaniyat
10:20 “Heywèté”
composed by Bahata Gebre-Heywèt
performed by Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané
from Ethiopiques Vol. 10
10:25 “Hurricane Season”
composed by Troy Andrews
performed by Trombone Shorty
from Backatown
10:29 “Embalasasa”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
10:33 “Anyone and Everyone”
composed by Lhasa
performed by Lhasa
from Lhasa
10:36 “Vladimir’s Blues”
composed by Max Richter
performed by Max Richter
from The Blue Notebooks
10:37 “Mazurka”
traditional [Cape Verdean]
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
10:41 “Krokodill”
composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
performed by the EÞos String Quartet
from Englabörn
10:44 “Ibe Siran Munlela”
composed by Victor Deme
performed by Victor Deme
from Deli
10:48 “Altèlèyeshegnem”
composed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté
performed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté
from Ethiopiques Vol. 10
10:53 “Opa Hey”
composed by Kottarashky
performed by Kottarashky
from Opa Hey
10:56 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
11:00 “Wátina” [“I called out”]
composed by Andy Palacio
performed by Andy Palacio and Garifuna
from Wátina
11:04 “Domine Fil Unigenite”
reinterpreted traditional chant
performed by Mercedes Bahleda
from Mercy Songs
11:08 “Offering”
composed by Ravi Shankar
(on themes of Philip Glass)
from Passages
11:18 “Waino Blues”
composed by Daby Balde
performed by Dabe Balde
from Introducing Dabe Balde
11:23 “Woods”
composed by Bon Iver
performed by Bon Iver
from Blood Bank
11:28 “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
11:33 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
11:37 “Pace, Funeral March” [Calabria]
composed by Farina
performed by Banda Ionica
from Passione
11:40 “Sposa, non mi conosci” from Merope
composed by Geminiano Giacomelli
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
11:45 “Presentiment”
composed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
performed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
from Ethiopiques Vol. 21
11:49 “Chapa Blues Band”
composed by Victor Deme
performed by Victor Deme
from Deli
11:50 “Deep Blow”
composed by Manu Dibango
performed by Manu Dibango
from African Soul
11:56 “(Don’t) Tremble”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
12:00 “Kakokolo”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
12:06 “Without Shades”
composed by Zagar
performed by Zagar (Hungary)
from Cannot Walk Fly Instead
12:10 “Bué”
composed by Sara Tavares
performed by Sara Tavares (Cape Verde)
from Xinti
12:14 “Babonao”
composed by Razia Said
performed by Razia Said (Madagascar)
from Zebu Nation
12:18 “Raquel”
composed by Rufino Almeida
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
12:22 “Rivers of Babylon”
composed by B. Dowe, F. McNaughton, Farian, Reyam
performed by The Melodians
from The Harder They Come
12:26 “Short Trip Home”
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell, violin; Edgar Meyer, bass; Sam Bush, mandolin; Mike Marshall, guitar
from Short Trip Home