WaterFire Providence presents a Full Lighting of WaterFire on Saturday, September 4, 2021. The lighting will begin around 7:14 pm and is set to run through midnight.
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Get the September 4, 2021 music program as a Spotify playlist.
September 4 2021 – Music Program
7:14 “Being in Rhythm”
performed by Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes
from Being in Rhythm
7:20 “Finney Makes a Point”
composed by Mike Figgis
performed by Mike Figgis
from Stormy Monday Soundtrack
7:23 “Fanfare for the Common Man”
composed by Aaron Copland
performed by Philip Jones Brass Ensemble & Jon Iveson
from Festive Brass
7:26 “Canzon duodecimi toni”
composed by Gabrielli, Giovanni
performed by HR Brass
from Venetian Polychoral Music
7:29 “New ‘Opihi Moemoe No. 3”
composed by Leonard Kwan
performed by Leonard Kwan
from Ke’ala’s Mele
7:32 “Por Que Llorax” excerpt
traditional Chanson Sefardite
performed by Montserrat Figueras and Jordi Savall
from La Voix de l’Emotion
7:37 “Suite for Solo Cello No. 5 in C Minor – Prelude”
composed by J. S. Bach
performed by Edgar Meyer (on double bass)
from Edgar Meyer: Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites
7:43 “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
7:46 “Summa”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by The Hilliard Ensemble
from Arbos
7:51 “Wake Me Up (Acoustic)”
composed by E. Dawkins III, M. Einziger & T. Bergling
performed by Aloe Blacc
from Life Your Spirit
7:55 “A Model of the Universe”
composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
performed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
from The Theory of Everything soundtrack
7:58 “Cerulean”
composed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
performed by Ben Leinbach & Geoffrey Gordon
from Putumayo Presents Yoga
8:05 “With My Own Two Hands”
composed by Ben Harper
performed by Playing for Change
From Songs Around The World – ATD Fourth World
8:09 “Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten”
composed by Arvo Pärt
performed by Staatsorchester Stuttgart
from Tabula Rasa
8:14 “Deliciae Meae”
composed by Nicholas Lens
performed by Nicholas Lens, et al.
from Flamma Flamma: The Fire Requiem
8:19 “Music for 18 Musicians: II. Section I”
composed by Steve Reich
performed by Steve Reich Ensemble
from Music for 18 Musicians
8:23 “Comadi”
composed by Céu
performed by Céu (Brazil)
from Vagarosa
8:27 “St. James Infirmary”
composed by Irving Mills
performed by Billie and Dee Preservation Hall Orchestra
from Preservation Hall Early Years
8:30 “Waino Blues”
composed by Daby Balde
performed by Dabe Balde
from Introducing Dabe Balde
8:35 “Babonao”
composed by Razia Said
performed by Razia Said (Madagascar)
from Zebu Nation
8:38 “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
composed by Marvin Gaye
performed by Bill Frisell
from East/West
8:42 “Raquel”
composed by Rufino Almeida
performed by Bau
from Café Musique
8:47 “Kakokolo”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
8:52 “Wire”
composed by The Low Anthem
performed by The Low Anthem
from Smart Flesh
8:56 “Surfin”
composed by Ernest Ranglin
performed by Ernest Ranglin
from NPR Tiny Desk Concert
9:01 “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”|
composed by Joe Zawinul
performed by Paul Harrington on harmonica
from Harmonica Soul Serenade
9:04 “Without Shades”
composed by Zagar
performed by Zagar (Hungary)
from Cannot Walk Fly Instead
9:09 “Presentiment”
composed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
performed by Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Grèbrou
from Ethiopiques Vol. 21
9:12 “(Don’t) Tremble”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
9:17 “Sposa, non mi conosci” from Merope
composed by Geminiano Giacomelli
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
9:22 “Mariama Kaba”
composed by Boubacar Traoré
performed by Boubacar Traoré
from Mariama
9:28 “Japurá River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti from Aguas da Amazonia
9:33 “Negro River”
composed by Philip Glass
performed by Uakti
from Aguas da Amazonia
9:38 “Paperweight”
composed by Joshua Radin and Schulyler Fisk
performed by Joshua Radin and Schulyler Fisk (US)
from The Last Kiss
9:42 “Offering”
composed by Ara Dinkjian
performed by Night Ark
from Moments
9:51 “Domine Fil Unigenite”
reinterpreted traditional chant
performed by Mercedes Bahleda
from Mercy Songs
9:55 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse
composed by George Frideric Handel
performed by Cecilia Bartoli
from Sacrificium
9:59 “Wátina” [“I called out”]
composed by Andy Palacio
performed by Andy Palacio and Garifuna
from Wátina
10:03 “Altèlèyeshegnem”
composed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté
performed by Alèmayèhu Eshèté
from Ethiopiques Vol. 10
10:08 “Pink Moon”
composed by Nick Drake
performed by Nick Drake
from Pink Moon
10:10 “Krokodill”
composed by Jóhann Jóhannsson
performed by the EÞos String Quartet
from Englabörn
10:13 “Embalasasa”
composed by Samite
performed by Samite
from Embalasasa
10:17 “Anyone and Everyone”
composed by Lhasa
performed by Lhasa
from Lhasa
10:21 “Azara Alhai”
composed by Rasha
performed by Rasha
from Sudaniyat
10:27 “Cage the Songbird”
composed by Low Anthem
performed by Low Anthem
from Oh My God Charlie Darwin
10:31 “Desert Bus Ride”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
10:33 “Little Potato”
composed by Malcolm Dalglish
performed by Malcolm Dalglish
from Metamora
10:37 “Concerto in C Minor” (RV 402) — Adagio
composed by Antonio Vivaldi
performed by Toronto Chamber Orchestra; Ofra Harnoy, cello
from Vivaldi Cello Concertos
10:42 “Werente Serigne”
composed by Dieng
performed by Orchestra Baobab
from The Pirate’s Choice
10:49 “Hallelujah”
composed by Leonard Cohen
performed by Jeff Buckley
from Grace
10:56 “Baba (Father)”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
11:00 Sin Precio (Worthless)”
traditional
performed by Andy Palacio
from Watina
11:04 “Amelia Desert Morning”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by Gustavo Santaolalla
from Babel
11:06 “Djarimirri”
composed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
performed by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
from Australian Aboriginal Music
11:10 “See Me Lakayana”
composed by Geoffrey Oryema
performed by Geoffrey Oryema
from Spirit
11:14 “Guitarra”
composed by Madredeus
performed by Madredeus
from Antologia
11:18 “Slacker’s Jig/Virginia Reel”
traditional
composed by Andrew Bryan
performed by Poor Angus
from Poor Angus
11:20 “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
11:26 “Lift Me Up”
composed by Bruce Springsteen
performed by Bruce Springsteen
from Limbo
11:31 “Ne Haciyiz Ne Hocayiz”
traditional Turkish Alevi folk song
perfomred by Hasan Saltik
from Yare Dokuuma
11:35 “Carpe Diem”
composed by Rodrigo Leão
performed by Rodrigo Leão
from O Mundo
11:40 “Iguazu”
composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
performed by G. Santaolalla and Anibel Kerpel
from Ronroco
11:45 “Deep River”
composed by Steven Foster
performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama
from Deep River
11:48 “Funny How Love Is”
composed by Roland Gift & David Steele
performed by Fine Young Cannibals
from Fine Young Cannibals
11:51 “Doce De Coco”
composed by Jacob do Bandolim
performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Paquito D’ Rivera, Romero Lumbambo
from Obrigado Brazil
11:56 “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
