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DESCRIPTION:The Improvisator's 20th Cave MusicConcert Season:  "Carols in the Caves" 
 and "Drums of Peace"! (creative concerts on ancient instruments in awesome 
 acoustics for the winter-weary!)  Three weekends at Napa/Sonoma wineries 
 plus two Saturdays at San Francisco sanctuaries, December 3 through January 
 8, performed by The Improvisator, multi-instrumental mesmerizer on many 
 ancient wind, stringed and percussion instruments from down through the 
 ages and around the globe.  $40 general admission ($5 order processing 
 fee).  In order for adults to enjoy the acoustics, these concerts are not 
 for children under ten.  Phone 707-224-4222 for tickets.  Visit 
 http://www.cavemusic.net for detailed information.  "Drums of Peace" - new! 
 sounds for sacred spaces:  "Carols and Drums of Peace"  Dec. 10 (Sat.), 
 8:00 pm  St. John's Presbyterian Church  25 Lake St. (at Arguello), San 
 Francisco  (To a Gothic wooden bower through an English shingled tower!)  
 "Drums for the New Year"  Dec. 31 (Sat.), 8:00 pm  Trinity Episcopal Church 
  1668 Bush St. (at Gough), San Francisco  (Norman-Roman fortress fastness 
 resonant in vaulted vastness!)  "Carols in the Caves" - twentieth season in 
 Napa:  Dec. 3 (Sat.), 2:00 pm  Dec. 4 (Sun.), 2:00 pm  Venge Vineyards  424 
 Crystal Springs Rd., St. Helena  (A cozy cave behind the door with antler 
 lights above the floor!)  Dec. 17 (Sat.), 2:00 pm  Dec. 18 (Sun.), 2:00 pm  
 Hans Fahden Vineyards  4855 Petrified Forest Rd., Calistoga  (A cave of 
 lakeside elven halls where candles light the mountain walls!)  "Twelfth 
 Night Carols"  Jan. 7 (Sat.), 7:30 pm  and (tentatively) Jan. 8 (Sun.), 
 7:00 pm  Clos Pegase Winery  1060 Dunaweal Ln., Calistoga  (Bacchus and 
 Cupid in each niche -  a cave of ancient revels rich!)  Cave Music is the 
 unique, informal approach to music performance created by The Improvisator, 
 specialist in ancient instruments played in rare acoustics.  Within the 
 fabric of tradition he weaves threads of improvisation.  Valuing simplicity 
 over showmanship, he discourages applause, asking the audience to relax and 
 enjoy silence as well as sound.  "Carols in the Caves" started with a 
 single show twenty years ago.  The Improvisator still draws from old lore 
 of the season with personal renditions of venerable carols (on ancient 
 folkloric instruments including dulcimers, harps, psalteries, flutes, 
 primitive drums and bells).  "Drums of Peace", conceived for acoustics of 
 churches and sacred spaces, had its genesis at the very end of last 
 season's Grace Cathedral concert with inspirational drums.  Now more drums 
 both soft and resounding will evoke contemplations of peace.  Other ancient 
 sounds, selected melodic instruments of varied timbres, will intersperse 
 peaceful carols.  Abandon all your expectations, bid farewell to 
 preconceptions, and prepare to embark upon a holiday voyage into realms of 
 the unexpected.  Beware!  Here there be Spirits.  In spring of 2006 Cave 
 Music will offer "Cave of the Spirits" and "Cave of the Drums".  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/11/25/81823.php
SUMMARY:Carols and Drums of Peace
LOCATION:St. John's Presbyterian Church  125 Lake St. (at Arguello)  San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/11/25/81823.php
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