WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, May 30, 2026. The lighting will begin at 8:30 PM, and the braziers will remain lit until 12:00 AM. This lighting is supported by the 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.
Get the May 301, 2026, music program as a Spotify playlist.
May 30, 2026 – Music Program
7:55 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
8:01 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
8:04 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill
from Harmonic Meetings
8:11 “Sabu” (The Secret)
ancient Wassoulou hunter song
performed by Oumou Sangare
from Worotan
8:16 “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
8:22 “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
8:24 "Warda’s Whorehouse”
composed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
performed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
music from The Screens
8:26 “Guitarra”
composed by Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from Antologia
8:30 “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
8:36 “Mujer Magica”
composed by Julian Avalos
performed by Julian Avalos and Afro-Andes
from Putumayo Presents Afro-Latino
8:41 “Fanfare for the Common Man”
composed by Aaron Copland
performed by London Symphony Orchestra
from Copland Conducts Copland
8:44 “Maybe Just For Love”
composed by Feliciano Vierra "Butch" Tavares Jr.
performed by Tavares
from Maybe Just For Love
8:48 “Flamma Flamma”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
8:54 “Oriundina”
composed by B. Leza
performed by Cesaria Evora
from Cesaria Evora
8:59 “Ndere”
composed by Samite Mulondo
performed by Samite Mulondo
from African Voices
9:01 “Diaraby”
composed by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
performed by Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder and Groupe Asco
from Talking Timbuktu
9:09 “Lamento di Frederico” from L’Arlesiana
composed by Francesco Cilea
performed by Andrea Bocelli
from Viaggio Italiano
9:14 “Milonga Triste”
composed by Sebastian Piana & Homero Manzi
performed by Hugo Diaz y su Conjunto
from The Tango Lesson soundtrack
9:17 “Some of Us Are Brave”
composed by Danielle Ponder, Avis Reese & Ed Quinn
performed by Danielle Ponder
from Some of Us Are Brave
9:21 “Moe ‘Uhane” (Dream Slack Key)”
composed by Sonny Chillingworth
performed by Sonny Chillingworth
from Sonny Solo
9:24 “Many Rivers to Cross”
composed by Jimmy Cliff
performed by Jimmy Cliff
from The Harder They Come soundtrack
9:27 “Cler Achel”
composed by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib
performed by Tinariwen
from Aman Iman: Water Is Life
9:31 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
9:35 “Djarimirri”
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
9:39 “Habla Me”
composed by Gipsy Kings
performed by Gipsy Kings
from Cantos de Amor
9:43 “Shhh/Peaceful” excerpt
composed by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis et al.
from In a Silent Way
9:48 “Rivers of Babylon”
composed by B. Dowe, F. McNaughton, Farian, Reyam
performed by The Melodions
from The Harder They Come
9:53 “Uummati Attanarsimat”
composed by Christopher Stein & Deborah Harry
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
9:57 “Ay Papacito”
composed by Carlos Méndez
performed by Eliades Ochoa
from Sublime Illusion
10:01 “A Penny for Your Thoughts”
composed by Kenny Nolan
performed by Tavares
from New Directions
10:06 “Time on My Hands”
composed by V. Youmans, H. Adamson & M. Gordon
performed by Ben Webster Quintet
from Soulville
10:10 “Misa Criolla” - Kyrie
composed by Ariel Ramirez
performed by Calchakis
from Misa Criolla
10:13 “Anastasia”
composed by M. Heitzler
performed by Kolsimcha
from Klezmer Soul
10:19 “Know”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
10:21 “Theme for Ernie”
composed by Fred Lacey
performed by John Coltrane
from Soultrane
10:26 “Nature Boy”
composed by Eden Ahbez
performed by Jan Hassell
from Fascinoma
10:29 “Waino Blues”
composed by Daby Balde
performed by Dabe Balde
from Introducing Dabe Balde
10:33 “Desperate Man Blues”
composed by John Fahey
performed by John Fahey
from The John Fahey Anthology
10:37 “Concerto for Cello In E-Flat, RV 408: II. Largo”
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
performed by Ofra Harnoy, cello
from Vivaldi Cello Concertos Vol. 4
10:43 “Where Are You?”
composed by Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson
performed by Sonny Rollins
from The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
10:48 “I Am You”
composed by Sally Potter, Yo-Yo Ma, et al
performed by Sally Potter, Yo-Yo Ma, et al
from The Tango Lesson
10:51 “Ondiek”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from I Dreamed of Africa
10:55 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:59 “Ocotillo”
composed by Steve Smith
performed by The Nashville Mandolin Trio
from American Portraits
11:03 “Nessun Dorma”
composed by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Aretha Franklin
from Jewels in the Crown
11:06 “¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?”
composed by Compay Segundo
performed by Compay Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club soundtrack
11:10 “In A Sentimental Mood”
composed by Irving Mills & Manny Kurtz
performed by Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet
from The Definitive Sonny Rollins
11:13 “Market Day”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Beat the Border
11:17 “Jeito Faceiro”
composed by Joupery and Pierre Onasis
performed by Virginia Rodrigues
from Nós
11:21 “Maria Lando”
composed by Chabuca Granda, words by Cesar Calvo
performed by Susana Baca
from The Soul of Black Peru
11:26 “I'll Always Be There For You”
composed by Feliciano Vierra "Butch" Tavares Jr.
performed Tavares
from I'll Always Be There For You
11:31 “Sposa son disprezzata”
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
performed by Cecilia Bartoli and György Fischer
from Se tu m’ami
11:37 “Arioso”
composed by Johan Sebastian Bach
performed by Butch Baldassari and John Mock
from Cantabile
11:40 “You Don’t Know What Love Is”
composed by Don Raye & Gene de Paul
performed by Sonny Rollins
from Saxophone Colossus
11:46 “Cucurrucucu Paloma”
composed by Tomas Mendez
performed by Caetano Veloso
from Talk to Her
11:50 “Wake Me Up” (Acoustic)
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
from Lift Your Spirit
11:54 “Quviasukkuvit (If It Makes You Happy)”
composed by Sheryl Crow & Jeffrey Robert Trott
performed by Elisapie
from Quviasukkuvit (If It Make You Happy)
11:59 “If I Knew” [excerpt]
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer
from Short Trip Home
