WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, May 31, 2025. 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 31, 2025, music program as a Spotify playlist.
May 31, 2025 – Music Program
7:57 “Being in Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
8:03 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
8:06 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill
from Harmonic Meetings
8:13 “Sabu” (The Secret)
ancient Wassoulou hunter song
performed by Oumou Sangare
from Worotan
8:19 “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
8:24 “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
8:26 “Canzon duodecimi toni”
composed by Gabrielli, Giovanni
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
8:28 “Guitarra”
composed by Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from Antologia
8:32 “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
8:38 “Lift Me Up”
composed by Bruce Springsteen
performed by Bruce Springsteen
from Limbo
8:43 “Japurá River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
8:48 “Deliciae Meae”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
8:53 “Sudden Waves”
composed by June Tabor
performed by June Tabor
from Angel Tiger
9:00 “Ndere”
composed by Samite Mulondo
performed by Samite Mulondo
from African Voices
9:02 “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 “Fry Bread”
composed by BC Smith
performed by BC Smith
from Smoke Signals soundtrack
9:16 “Milonga Triste”
composed by Sebastian Piana & Homero Manzi
performed by Hugo Diaz y su Conjunto
from The Tango Lesson soundtrack
9:18 “The Dream of Rabbi Lavy”
composed by Davka
performed by Davka
from Lavy's Dream
9:23 “Moe ‘Uhane” (Dream Slack Key)”
composed by Sonny Chillingworth
performed by Sonny Chillingworth
from Sonny Solo
9:26 “Many Rivers to Cross”
composed by Jimmy Cliff
performed by Jimmy Cliff
from The Harder They Come soundtrack
9:29 “Amazing Grace”
lyrics by John Newton
traditional melody
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Spirit of the Century
9:33 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
9:37 “And So Slept Salome”
composed by Alexander Tegu
performed by Alexander Tegu
from And So Slept Salome
9:40 “Habla Me”
composed by Gipsy Kings
performed by Gipsy Kings
from Cantos de Amor
9:44 “Shhh/Peaceful” excerpt
composed by Miles Davis
performed by Miles Davis et al.
from In a Silent Way
9:50 “Rivers of Babylon”
composed by B. Dowe, F. McNaughton, Farian, Reyam
performed by The Melodions
from The Harder They Come
9:54 “Faith”
composed by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke
performed by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke
from The Insider
9:57 “Ay Papacito”
composed by Carlos Méndez
performed by Eliades Ochoa
from Sublime Illusion
10:01 “Good Night and Good Luck”
spoken by Edward R. Murrow
from the television program, Tonight See It Now, 1954
10:03 “The Ukrainian National Anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Excerpt)”
composed by Mykhailo Verbytskyi
performed by The New York Philharmonic
from a live performance from March 2022
10:05 “Time on My Hands”
composed by V. Youmans, H. Adamson & M. Gordon
performed by Ben Webster Quintet
from Soulville
10:09 “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
10:18 “Know”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
10:20 “Theme for Ernie”
composed by Fred Lacey
performed by John Coltrane
from Soultrane
10:25 “Nature Boy”
composed by Eden Ahbez
performed by Jan Hassell
from Fascinoma
10:28 “Musikalische Exequien” excerpt
composed by Heinrich Schütz
performed by La Chapelle Royale
from Musikalische Exequien
10:33 “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
10:38 “Desperate Man Blues”
composed by John Fahey
performed by John Fahey
from The John Fahey Anthology
10:42 “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
10:45 “Ondiek”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from I Dreamed of Africa
10:49 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:53 “Ocotillo”
composed by Steve Smith
performed by The Nashville Mandolin Trio
from American Portraits
10:57 “Nessun Dorma”
composed by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Aretha Franklin
from Jewels in the Crown
This song is included in tonight's program in memory of Jim Adams, a cherished friend and long-standing member of the WaterFire community.
11:00 “¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?”
composed by Compay Segundo
performed by Compay Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club soundtrack
11:04 “Recondita armonia” from Tosca
composed by Giacomo Puccini
performed by Andrea Bocelli
from Aria
11:07 “Market Day”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Beat the Border
11:10 “Iris” (excerpt)
composed by Wim Mertens
performed by Wim Mertens
from The Best of Wim Mertens
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
11:27 “Berceuse”
composed by Leo Brouwer
performed by the Modern Mandolin Quartet
from Pan American Journeys
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 “Aguirre”
composed by Popol Vuh
performed by Popol Vuh
from the soundtrack to Aguirre
11:46 “Cucurrucucu Paloma”
composed by Tomas Mendez
performed by Caetano Veloso
from Talk to Her
11:50 “La Ahada Yalam”
composed by Amos Hadani
performed by Amal Murkus
from Amal
11:54 “Qaisimalaurittuq (feat. The Westerlies)”
composed by David Gilmour & Roger Waters
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
11:59 “If I Knew” [excerpt]
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer
from Short Trip Home
