Sunday Playlist - 4/11/21

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"And in this he showed me a little thing, the quantity of a hazelnut, lying in the palm of my hand, it seemed, and it was as round as any ball. I looked thereupon with the eye of my understanding, and I thought, 'What may this be?' And it was answered generally thus: 'It is all that is made.' I wondered how it could last, for I thought it might suddenly fall to nothing for little cause. And I was answered in my understanding: 'It lasts and ever shall, for God loves it; and so everything has its beginning by the love of God.' In this little thing I saw three properties; the first is that God made it; the second is that God loves it; and the third is that God keeps it."--Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love

This week's list began with that passage from Julian. Several pieces swirled around it before I settled on the handful you'll hear. For me, the newest discovery was Neville Peter, whose bluesy version of "Near The Cross" seemed just right for the week after Easter. I've also included a duet by two artists we've heard before, Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate, an exceptional example of improvisation on a pair of instruments (kamancheh and kora) not often set side by side.