WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, October 4, 2025. The lighting will begin at 6:30 PM, and the braziers will remain lit until 11:00 PM. This lighting is supported by: Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation.
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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October 4, 2025 – Music Program
6:05 “Being In Rhythm”
composed by Layne Redmond
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
6:11 “Finney Makes A Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from the Stormy Monday Soundtrack
6:14 “Halleluyah”
composed by David Hykes
performed by David Hykes, Michelle Hykes, and Timothy Hill
from Harmonic Meetings
6:21 “Zelie”
composed by Bella Bellow
performed by Angélique Kidjo
from Õÿö
6:23 “Bolo Bolo”
traditional
performed by Susheela Raman
from Salt Rain
6:26 “Pol in B”
composed by The Durutti Column
performed by The Durutti Column
from Factory Once
6:29 “Often a Bird”
composed by Wim Mertens
performed by Wim Mertens and the Flemish Radio Orchestra
from partes extra partes
6:33 “Bamako”
written by Roswell Rudd
performed by Roswell Rudd and Toumani Diabate
from Malicool
6:39 “Song to the Siren”
composed by Tim Buckley
performed by Susheela Raman
from Salt Rain
6:43 “De Los Amores
composed by Javier Lazo
performed by Susana Baca
from Eco de Sombras
6:48 “Bistro Fada”
composed by Stephane Wrembel
performed by Stephane Wrembel
from Bistro Fada
6:51 “Sarabande”
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
performed by Jordi Savall, viola de gamba
from Les Voix Humaines
6:55 “Dove sei, amato bene”
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Andreas Scholl
from Rodelinda
7:03 “Obiero”
composed by Ayub Ogada
performed by Ayub Ogada
from En Mana Kuoyo
7:09 “Sudden Waves”
composed by June Tabor
performed by June Tabor
from Angel Tiger
7:15 “Ndere”
composed by Samite Muondo
performed by Samite Mulondo
from African Voices
7:17 “Diaraby”
composed by Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
performed by Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder, and Groupe Asco
from Talking Timbuktu
7:25 “'Lamento di Frederico' from L'Arlesiana
composed by Francesco Cilea
performed by Andrea Bocelli
from Viaggio Italiano
7:30 “Bolujem ja”
traditional
performed by D. Nešović and Ansambl Toše Elezovića
from Starogradski Biseri
7:33 “Dos Gardenias”
composed by Company Segundo
performed by Company Segundo and Ry Cooder
from Buena Vista Social Club Soundtrack
7:36 “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
7:41 “Duna Ma Yelema”
composed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traore & Habib Koite
performed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traore & Habib Koite
from Macire
7:45 “Dounuya”
composed by Mamadou Diabate
performed by Mamadou Diabate
from Tunga
7:50 “My Old Flame”
composed by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston
performed by Chet Baker
from Chet Baker in Milan
7:55 “Houston in Two Seconds”
composed by Ry Cooder
performed by Ry Cooder
from Paris, Texas soundtrack
7:58 “Jaran hailaas”
traditional Mongolian grassland song
performed by Urna Chahrtugchi
from Tal Nutag
8:02 “La Gioconda: Act II, Cielo e mar!”
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
performed by Andrea Bocelli
from Aria
8:07 “Pampa”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by G. Santaolalla and A. Kerpel with J. Torres
from Ronroco
8:11 “Joan’s Pen”
composed by Ernest Ranglin
performed by Ernest Ranglin
from NPR Tiny Desk Concert
8:18 “La Luna”
composed by Ottmar Liebert
performed by Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra
from La Semana
8:23 “Milk and Honey”
composed by Jackson C. Frank
performed by Jackson C. Frank
from Blues Run the Game
8:27 “Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) [feat. Letta Mbulu & The Wattsline Choir]”
composed by Quincy Jones & Caiphus Semenya
performed by Quincy Jones
from “Roots: The Saga of an American Family (Music From and Inspired By the David L. Wolper Production of “Roots)”
8:29 “Oriundina”
composed by B. Leza
performed by Cesaria Evora
from Cesaria Evora
8:35 “La Ahada Yalam”
composed by Amos Hadani
performed by Amal Murkus
from Amal
8:39 “If I Knew” (excerpt)
composed by Edgar Meyer
performed by Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer
from Short Trip Home
8:40 “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3”
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
8:43 “Travis”
composed by Béla Fleck
performed by Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, and Mike Marshall
from Uncommon Ritual
8:46 “Für Alina” (excerpt)
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by Alexander Malter, piano
from Alina
8:50 “Kyrie”
traditional Mass with native Brazilian sources
performed by Marlui Miranda
from Ihu 2: Kewere-Rezar-Prayer
8:54 "Warda’s Whorehouse”
composed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
performed by Philip Glass and Foday Musa Suso
music from The Screens
8:57 “A Thousand Whispers”
composed by Michael Hoppé
performed by Michael Hoppé & Martin Tillmann
from Afterglow
9:01 “In the Shadow of Man”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Philip Glass
from Jane (Original National Geographic Motion Picture Soundtrack)
9:06 “Funny How Love Is”
composed by Roland Gift & David Steele
performed by Fine Young Cannibals
from Fine Young Cannibals
9:09 “Cage the Songbird”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:13 “Humility”
composed by Wim Mertens
performed by Wim Mertens
from The Best of Wim Mertens
9:16 “Skylark”
composed by Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer
performed by Aretha Franklin
from The Essential Aretha Franklin
9:19 “Cubana”
composed by Horacio Hernandez and Charles Neville
performed by Deep Rumba
from Alto En La Fiebre De La Rumba
9:22 “Andalusian Nights”
composed by Govi
performed by Govi
from Andalusian Nights
9:27 “Waltz for Bill Monroe”
composed by Butch Baldassari
performed by The Nashville Mandolin Trio
from American Portraits
9:30 “Gaucho”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Ronroco
9:34 “Baba Drame”
composed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traoré & Habib Koite
performed by Kar Kar, Boubacar Traoré & Habib Koite
from Macire
9:38 "Deliciae Meae”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
9:43 “Uummati Attanarsimat”
composed by Christopher Stein & Deborah Harry
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
9:47 "Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
9:51 “Iris” (excerpt)
composed by Wim Mertens
performed by Wim Mertens
from The Best of Wim Mertens
9:58 “Amelia Desert Morning”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
10:00 “Qaisimalaurittuq (feat. The Westerlies)”
composed by David Gilmour & Roger Waters
performed by Elisapie
from Inuktitut
10:04 “Wake Me Up” (Acoustic)
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
from Lift Your Spirit
10:08 “Many Rivers to Cross”
composed by Jimmy Cliff
performed by Jimmy Cliff
from The Harder They Come soundtrack
10:11 “This Little Light of Mine”
composed by traditional
performed by Sweet Honey In the Rock, James Horner, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ysaye M. Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard & Michael Fisher
from Freedom Song (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
10:15 “Cantares de mi Tierra”
traditional Mexican folksong
performed by Mary Lea and friends
from Cascade of Tears
10:19 “The End of Words”
composed by Dead Can Dance
performed by Dead Can Dance
from Aion
10:21 “Creator’s Song”
traditional Lakota Sun dance closing song in praise of the creator
performed by Joanne Shenandoah
from Orenda
10:24 “Qué Pecao”
composed by Manuel Turizo Zapata "Manuel Turizo", Juan Diego Medina Vélez, Joel Iglesias, Julián Turizo Zapata, Daniel Ignacio Rondon, Juan David Loaiza Sepulveda, Jose Manuel Felizzola, Manuel Lorente Freire “Spread Lof” & Alejandro Ramírez
performed by Manuel Turizo & Kapo
from Qué Pecao - Single
10:28 “Lapwony”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Beat the Border
10:32 “Casta Diva”
composed by Bellini
performed by Maria Callas
from Norma
10:35 “Por Que Llorax” excerpt
traditional Chanson Sefardite
performed by Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Savall
from La Voix de l’Emotion
10:40 “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
10:43 “Cucurrucucu Paloma”
composed by Tomas Mendez
performed by Caetano Veloso
from Talk to Her
10:47 “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D' Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
10:52 “Ticket Taker”
composed by Ben Knox Miller & Jeffrey Prystowsky
performed by Robert Plant
from Saving Grace
10:56 “Some of Us Are Brave”
composed by Danielle Ponder, Avis Reese & Ed Quinn
performed by Danielle Ponder
from Some of Us Are Brave
