AP PHOTO GOLD Einstein, andTheOrigins of It was a faint signal, but it told of one of the most violent acts in the universe, and it would It wasafaintsignal,butit toldofonethemostviolentactsinuniverse, anditwould reveal secrets of the cosmos, including how gold was created. The crash generated a faint reveal secretsofthecosmos, includinghowgoldwascreated. The crashgeneratedafaint

Movies: the mountain between us Books: Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson ripple inthefabricofspace andtime,firsttheorizedby AlbertEinstein Music: Carry Fire by Robert Plant Wine: Faulty Wines KitchenWise: Butternut Squash and Leek Soup with Gruyere Pesto Toasts Macau Daily Times |Edition291020October2017

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DRIVE IN Mark Kennedy, AP Entertainment Writer

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R , AP PHOTO ‘The Mountain Between Us’ “ he Mountain Between Us” chance meeting at an Idaho alive, hundreds of miles from is about two strangers who airport of a photojournalist anything. Tsurvive a plane crash only hoping to get home in time for The film then somewhat uns- to end up in the unforgiving her wedding and a neurosur- teadily balances a cute, ge- snowy Utah mountains, with geon needing to get back East tting-to-know-you budding no cell reception and precious for an important operation. An respect between two tentative little food. So they do what incoming storm shuts down lovers and the raw ravages of comes naturally. They try to all commercial flights and for- survival, which includes cou- eat each other. ces them to seek a charter pla- gars, thin ice and deep snow No, no, no. Are you crazy? ne, and it becomes one of the (thanks again, Beau Bridges). They fall in love — kin- worst advertising for charter There’s a bit of “Cast Away” da, sorta, maybe. Actually, flights in history (Quick, sell and “The Edge” here, as if di- perhaps they should have your stocks). rected by Bear Grylls. tried something else because The pilot fails to file a flight The screenplay by Chris Weitz this romance novel-meets- plan and then crashes after and J. Mills Goodloe makes survival story doesn’t really having a heart attack (thanks, our couple opposites — she’s succeed at either, despite fine Beau Bridges). The crash se- impulsive and has a deep pool performances by Kate Winslet quence is remarkable and of caring and empathy, while and Idris Elba. we’re terrifyingly trapped in he’s methodical. He focuses Based on Charles Martin’s the fuselage watching it un- on the brain, after all, and same-named novel, the film fold. Our couple — and an considers the heart just “a is ably directed by Hany Abu- adorable lab owned by the muscle.” Assad and centers on the pilot — emerge battered but He thinks it’s wise to stay with the plane wreckage until a res- Kate Winslet (left) and Idris Elba in a scene from "The Mountain Between Us" cue team arrives; she thinks they have to venture out and rescue themselves. “Look, I rushing the romance there jacket tenderly placed over a with much of what happened don’t want to die up here be- either. sleeping companion — must on the mountain. And the bi- cause you’re too scared to But it’s hard to know what’s suffice. Elba, so cool at first, ggest question of all is left to take a risk,” she tells him. He, churning inside these hear- melts nicely, while Winslet the end — did they eat the in turn, calls her “reckless” ts during a struggle for bare (not completely convincing dog? (No, no, no). and “selfish.” (His mysterious survival. The kind of witty, in an American accent) shows romantic life and refusal to rom-com dialogue that can equal measure strength and “The Mountain Between Us,” talk about it also causes a rift). illustrate deepening love softness. a Twentieth Century Fox relea- Abu-Assad and cinematogra- over, say, a milkshake and Have they really fallen in se, is rated PG-13 by the Motion pher Mandy Walker are skill- in-line skating can’t be used love? Was it just situational? Picture Association of America ful at showing the freezing here (where they’re butche- What happens when their nor- for “a scene of sexuality, peril, dangers our heroes face and ring a cougar) so it’s up to mal lives resume? How did the injury images and brief strong do not romanticize the out- the acting — lingering eyes, experience change them? All language.” Running time: 111 doors. They pace the growing a jacket tenderly placed over that stuff is sort of dealt with minutes. affection between the man a sleeping companion — and in the final third of the film, Idris Elba and woman nicely, too, not some weird flashbacks to that but it fails to actually grapple The movie is showing in local theaters.

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‘Death in the Air’ tells story Robert Plant radiantly returns of the great London smog with rootsy, achy CD

ne of the weirder chapters in rock history happened in 2014. is a stellar examination of a turbulent That’s when Led Zeppelin won a Grammy for best rock album time in the city’s history. O AP PHOTO for a seven-year-old concert recording while the band’s former front- AP PHOTO Stagnant, cool air hung over London man Robert Plant somehow didn’t even scrounge up a nomination in December 1952, mixing with the for easily one of the best albums of the year. billowing smoke from cheap coal Three years later, let’s hope the future doesn’t again get oversha- used to heat area homes. The end dowed by the past. result was a horrible smog that was The 11-track “Carry Fire” finds Plant backed by his talented band, so thick that cars crashed, trains de- the Sensational Space Shifters, and thrillingly exploring the same railed and people out walking in fa- fascinating terrain of rootsy folk and achy blues. miliar neighborhoods could not find If 2014’s “lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar” seemed very personal their way home. The effects also and soaked in heartbreak, the new album has Plant in a somewhat made countless people sick with happier place and looking to the horizon, perhaps becoming more breathing issues, and many died as a political. result. Robert Plant, “Carry Fire” (Nonesuch/ “New World” is a bitter look at the way we treat immigrants, “Car- While this visible killer was covering Warner Bros.) ving Up the World Again” mocks border walls and “Bones of a London, another killer was working Saint” coolly dispatches religious fervor. He pushes deeper than ever silently, strangling women after ear- into Middle Eastern sounds with the outstanding oud-filled title track, an exhilarating multicultural triumph. ning their trust. When John Reginald Of course, no one does love like Plant — mature, earthy and world-weary. Here, he seems to have found a new Christie was finally apprehended, spark — “Lay down in sweet surrender/ Your love so warm and tender,” he sings in the opening song. On another, the standout “A Way With Words,” he sings: “Coming from the cold/ Reaching for your sweet embrace.” his story changed, depending on the As with his last album, there are coy nods to his past, like the title of the first song, the strummy anthem “May day. As police began to trace his ac- Queen,” which Zeppelin fans will instantly recognize from “Stairway to Heaven.” He sings about “dancing days” “Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial tivities, they soon realized he might Killer, The Great London Smog, and the here, which is also the title of a song on 1973’s “Houses of the Holy.” be responsible for an earlier murder, There’s an intimacy to Plant’s weathered voice throughout, so intimate in fact that it sometimes feels as if we’re Strangling of a City” (Hachette) by Kate and an innocent man might have been Winkler Dawson intruding on a very personal moment. He’s also using more modern technology to create an album that seamlessly executed. mixes cello, bendir and Moog synthesizer, backed by the accomplished musicians John Baggott, Justin Adams, Billy Dawson’s background in documenta- Fuller, Dave Smith and Liam “Skin” Tyson. n 1952, post-World War II London ries and journalism makes this jour- If anyone still needs proof of the skills on offer here, look no further than the cover of Ersel Hickey’s “Bluebirds Over was battling more than reconstruc- ney more than just a retelling of the the Mountain,” a rockabilly ditty from the ‘50s of no special importance. Plant and his band — joined by Chrissie Ition, and Kate Winkler Dawson’s facts. She tracked down people who Hynde — give it a dark synth texture and menacing guitar, making it closer to a David Bowie tune. “Death in the Air: The True Story lived it, and now readers will vividly There are few undisputed rock stars this accomplished still taking musical risks. Plant’s songwriting remains a class of a Serial Killer, The Great London experience that period as well. above, even as he nears 70. “Out here the fire’s still burning/ So long into my night,” he sings. Long may it burn. Smog, and the Strangling of a City” Jeff Ayers, AP Mark Kennedy, AP Entertainment Writer 20.10.2017 fri

NEWS OF THE WORLD Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer

stronomers around the world reacted to the signal quickly, focusing Atelescopes located on every con- Scientists witness huge cosmic tinent and even in orbit to a dis- tant spot in the sky. What they witnessed in mid-Au- crash, find origins of gold gust and revealed this week was the long-ago collision of two neutron stars — a phenomenon California Institute of Technolo- AP PHOTO gy’s David H. Reitze called “the most spectacular fireworks in the universe.” “When these things collide, all hell breaks loose,” he said. Measurements of the light and other energy emanating from the crash have helped scientists explain how planet-killing gam- ma ray bursts are born, how fast the universe is expanding, and where heavy elements like pla- tinum and gold come from. “This is getting everything you wish for,” said Syracuse Univer- sity physics professor Duncan Brown, one of more than 4,000 scientists involved in the blitz of science that the crash kicked off. “This is our fantasy obser- vation.” It started in a galaxy called NGC 4993, seen from Earth in the Hy- dra constellation. Two neutron stars, collapsed cores of stars so dense that a teaspoon of their matter would weigh 1 billion tons, danced ever faster and clo- ser together until they collided, said Carnegie Institution astro- nomer Maria Drout.

he crash, called a kilonova, Tgenerated a fierce burst of gamma rays and a gravitational wave, a faint ripple in the fabric of space and time, first theori- Clockwise from above: Marica Branchesi, David Reitze, Vicky Kalogera and Julie McEnery zed by Albert Einstein. “This is like a cosmic atom smasher at a scale far beyond This time there was plenty to ted neutron star collisions had that happened to get in the way. completely gone, she said. humans would be capable of see, measure and analyze: ma- enough power to create heavier These bursts shoot out in two This almost didn’t happen. Ei- building,” said Andy Howell, a tter, light, and other radiation. elements, but weren’t certain different directions perpendi- ght days after the signal came staff scientist at the Las Cum- The Hubble Space Telescope until they witnessed it. cular to where the two neutron through, the LIGO gravitatio- bres Observatory. “We finally even got a snapshot of the after- “We see the gold being formed,” stars first crash, Reitze said. nal waves were shut down for now know what happens when glow. said Syracuse’s Brown. Luckily for us, the beams of a year’s worth of planned up- an unstoppable force meets an Calculations from a telesco- gamma rays were not focused grades. A month later the whole immovable object and it’s a ki- inding where the crash ha- pe measuring ultraviolet light on Earth and were generated area where the crash happened lonova.” Fppened wasn’t easy. Even- showed that the combined mass too far away to be a threat, he would have been blocked from The crash happened 130 million tually scientists narrowed the of the heavy elements from this said. astronomers’ prying eyes by the years ago, while dinosaurs still location down to 100 galaxies, explosion is 1,300 times the sun. roamed on Earth, but the signal began a closer search of those, mass of Earth. And all that stuff cientists knew that the uni- Scientists involved with the didn’t arrive on Earth until Aug. and found it in the ninth galaxy — including lighter elements — Sverse has been expanding search for gravitational waves 17 after traveling 130 million li- they looked at. was thrown out in all different since the Big Bang. By using said this was the event they had ght-years. A light-year is 5.88 It is like “the classic challenge directions and is now speeding LIGO to measure gravitatio- prepared for over more than 20 trillion miles. of finding a needle in the hays- across the universe. nal waves while watching this years. Signals were picked up within tack with the added challenge Perhaps one day the material event unfold, researchers came The findings are “of spectacu- 1.7 seconds of each other, by that the needle is fading away will clump together into planets up with a new estimate for how lar importance,” said Penn Sta- NASA’s Fermi telescope, which and the haystack is moving,” the way ours was formed, Reit- fast that is happening, the so- te physicist Abhay Ashtekar, detects gamma rays, and gravi- said Marcelle Soares-Santos, an ze said — maybe ones with rich called Hubble Constant. Before who wasn’t part of the research. ty wave detectors in Louisiana astrophysicist at Brandeis Uni- veins of precious metals. this, scientists came up with two “This is really brand new.” and Washington state that are versity. “We already knew that iron slightly different answers using Almost all of the discoveries a part of the LIGO Laboratory, “The completeness of this pictu- came from a stellar explosion, different techniques. The rou- confirmed existing theories, whose founders won a Nobel re from the beginning to the end the calcium in your bones came gh figure that came out of this but had not been proven — an Prize earlier this month. A wor- is unprecedented,” said Colum- from stars and now we know the event is between the original encouraging result for theoris- ldwide alert went out to focus bia University physics profes- gold in your wedding ring came two, Reitze said. ts who have been trying to ex- telescopes on what became the sor Szabolcs Marka. “There are from merging neutron stars,” The first optical images showed plain what is happening in the most well-observed astronomi- many, many extraordinary dis- said University of California a bright blue dot that was very cosmos, said France Cordova, an cal event in history. coveries within the discovery.” Santa Cruz’s Ryan Foley. hot, which was likely the start astrophysicist who directs the Before August, the only other The colliding stars spewed bri- The crash also helped explain of the heavy element creation National Science Foundation. gravity waves detected by LIGO ght blue, super-hot debris that the origins of one of the most process amid the neutron star “We so far have been unable were generated by colliding was dense and unstable. Some dangerous forces of the cosmos debris, Drout said. After a day to prove Einstein wrong,” said black holes. But black holes let of it coalesced into heavy ele- — short gamma ray bursts, fo- or two that blue faded, beco- Georgia Tech physics profes- no light escape, so astronomers ments, like gold, platinum and cused beams of radiation that ming much fainter and redder. sor Laura Cadonati. “But we’re could see nothing. uranium. Scientists had suspec- could erase life on any planet And after three weeks it was going to keep trying.” X4 PÁTIO DO SAL salt

WORLD OF BACCHUS David Rouault Faulty Wines

A disappointing yet possible trichloroanisole (lots of poin- bottle. present on the nose and taste. for white wines, as they are scenario is to be at the best res- ts in Scrabble) or TCA. It is Happily, the percentage of wine It will be stale and flat with a most commonly bottled in non- taurant in the world, order their a chemical component from a that is corked is in constant de- lack of vibrant aromas, with a tinted glass. The tannins present top wine, and when the som- fungicide and it can be found in crease. As today it only affects sherry-like flavours such as nuts in red wines mostly provide ex- melier gives you a taste, to find cork, wood, rubber, pipes etc. around 2 percent of the world’s and/or stewed fruits. Note that tra protection. out that the wine is faulty. No Therefore this ruining agent wines. Even in high quantities white wines oxidise faster than In both cases there are no one is necessarily to blame, but can come either from the cork TCA is not harmful. reds. Additionally it is possible known ways of reversing this the restaurant has the respon- or through it, and sometimes a The second most common wine for a cork to be very dry and problem. sibility to open another bottle whole winery can be affected. fault is oxidation - a prolonged break into pieces, yet the wine The last and fairly uncommon nonetheless. In this dramatic case the wine contact with oxygen. This can remains unspoiled. flaw in wine is the excess of You might not like the wine can be affected by TCA before come from a defective cork or Another issue facing this part of sulfur dioxide. It is used in because it is not to your taste or bottling, so even a wine with a damaged seal. Very often it is the world is excess heat, which almost all wines to prevent fer- simply not very well made, but screw top can be corked. This is due to the cork being too dry, sometimes comes with excess mentation and kill bacteria. It you cannot send the wine back much more rare than a wine bo- if the bottle was not stored cor- light. In the case of heat we say gives a rotten egg, old fart-like unless it shows some of the ttled with natural cork, but still rectly (http://macaudailytimes. the wine is maderised - named smell, coming from the mercap- following problems. possible. com.mo/wine-storage.html). It after Madeira wine where the tan compound. It is most often Bear in mind that it is possible On the nose it basically gives a is not uncommon in this part process consists of “cooking” encountered in cheap wines. If to spot most of these faults with strong cork smell to the wine, of the world to have an oxidi- the wine (leaving the barrels the smell is not unbearable it a sniff; to taste the (bad) wine is like a damp basement with a sed wine when ordering by the under the sun) and oxidising it. can be fixed by decanting. not needed. Even if a wine has taste of wet paper. If you are at glass, as the bottle may have This brings flavours of cooked Note that tartrate crystals a bouquet of petrol, tar, or some home and can’t send the bottle been open for several days. It is fruits and nutty aromas. Very (looking like shards of broken chemicals, it should always be back, a way to save the wine possible to identify an oxidised often for a wine getting too glass, sometimes present on the in a pleasant way. The smell is to pour it into a bowl over a wine from the colour as it will much heat, the cork will expand cork as well), as well as sedi- needs to be “clean”, and if not it plastic wrap. The polyethylene show the same characteristics as and the wine gets oxidised as ments are not a fault; they are is most likely faulty. in the plastic will absorb the an old wine: tawny/brown hue well. natural by-products of wine. The first cause of flawed wines TCA component. This is most and a lack of brightness. Excess UV and even artificial Both are harmless and can be is corked wine, aka cork taint: effective right after opening the Lack of brightness will also be lights are especially damaging removed by decanting.

David Rouault is a professional classical musician, part time wine consultant and full time wine lover, holding WSET Level 3, Certified Specialist of Wine and Introductory Sommelier diplomas. www.dionysos.com.mo

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KITCHENWISE Sara Moulton, Celebrity Chef via AP SERVE BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND LEEK SOUP WITH GRUYERE PESTO TOASTS

s we head into the and cut up the squash, and supermarket sells them the squash on the counter, down, on a rimmed sheet then cooling. These inclu- fall, our local markets then to steam or boil it. already peeled and cubed, sticking the tip of a chef’s pan. Baking squash con- de leeks, Canadian bacon Aare beginning to feature I’ve figured out a couple but they’re pricier than knife all the way through centrates its flavor and (aka smoked pork loin) winter squash. Each varie- of different ways to get the whole squash and likely the middle of the squash, brings out the natural su- and gruyere pesto toasts — ty has its charms, but one job done. The result is a not as fresh. then slicing from the mid- gars — unlike boiling or all of which contribute to of the standouts is butter- soup that’s safer to prepa- For Butternut Squash and point to one of its ends. steaming it, which makes what is a very substantial nut squash. Like its bre- re and much tastier when Leek Soup with Gruyere Rotate the squash 180 de- it watery. And don’t bother dish in the end. Round it thren, it becomes creamy you finally dip your spoon Pesto Toasts, we halve and grees horizontally, insert to scrape out the seeds out with a salad on the when cooked and pureed, into it. roast the whole squash wi- the knife tip back into the beforehand; it’s easier side, and this soup beco- with no need for cream As anyone who’s ever tried thout peeling or seeding it middle of the veggie and after the squash has been mes a plausible entree. Ve- or thickener. Flavor-wise, to cube a winter squash first. Typically, halving the slice away in the direction cooked. getarians are welcome to though, it wins. knows all too well, these squash requires slicing it of the uncut end. Done. You can prep and cook the substitute vegetable stock Most butternut squash re- guys can be perilously through from stem to stern. Now the halves are ready rest of the ingredients whi- for the chicken stock and cipes tell you, first, to peel hard to handle. True, the Instead, I suggest laying to be baked, cut-side- le the squash is baking and leave out the bacon.

recipe AP PHOTO

START TO FINISH: 2 hours 5 minutes (50 active) Servings: 4 as an entree, 6 as a first course For the soup: 4 pounds butternut squash Oil for oiling the sheet pan 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided 6 ounces sliced Canadian bacon, medium chopped 3 cups thinly sliced white part of leek (about 3 large leeks) 1 quart chicken or vegetable broth 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Kosher salt and black pepper

FOR THE TOAST: Twelve 1/2-inch thick slices French baguette cut on the bias 3/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves, finely shredded 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts, coarsely chopped 2 ounces coarsely grated Gruyere cheese (about 3/4 cup) 1/2 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (about 1/4 cup grated on a microplane)

MAKE THE SOUP: Preheat the oven to 400 F. Working carefully, halve the squash lengthwise and arrange it cut-side down on a lightly oiled parchment-lined rimmed sheet pan. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven, until very tender, 60 to 75 minutes. While the squash is baking, in a large saucepan or a Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of the butter over medi- um heat, add the bacon, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook the bacon, stirring occasionally, until it is golden brown at the edges, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon with a slotted spoon to a bowl, leaving as much of the fat as possible in the pan. Add the remaining table- spoon butter and the leeks and cook, stirring occasional- ly, until they are very tender and starting to color, about 6 to 8 minutes. If the squash is not ready, take the pan off the heat and set it aside. When the squash is tender, remove it from the oven, turn it over and let stand until cool enough to handle. Discard the seeds and scoop out the flesh. Combine half the squash with 1/2 cup water in a food processor and puree until very smooth. Add to the saucepan with the leeks and bacon. Repeat the procedure with the remain- ing squash and another 1/2 cup water and add to the saucepan, along with the chicken broth. Bring the liquid to a simmer. Add the lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste and additional water if necessary to thin the soup to the desired consistency.

MAKE THE TOASTS: Arrange the French baguette slices on a sheet pan and when the squash has come out of the oven, bake the slices on the middle shelf until they are slightly golden, turning them, 2 to 3 minutes a side. In a bowl combine all the remaining ingredients. Right before serving the soup, divide the mixture among the toasts and bake them until the cheese is melted and bub- bling, about 5 minutes.

TO SERVE: Ladle the soup into soup bowls and top each portion with some of the hot toasts. X6 PÁTIO DO SOL sun

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TOMORROW (OCT 21) Government Headquarters Open Day

This annual open day features performances by the TODAY (OCT 20) Public Security Police Band and students from the 20th Lusofonia Festival School of Music and School of Dance of the Macau Conservatory. Take this opportunity to admire the This very popular Festival features the traditional Southern European style structures and enjoy a music, photographs, arts and crafts, costumes, floral exhibition under the theme ‘Orchid Pavilion’. books, gastronomy and drinks of ten Portuguese- To commemorate this special occasion, Macau Post speaking communities from around the world. While will set up a special counter nearby Nam Van Lake getting up close and personal to these far-flung to provide commemorative postmark cancellation MONDAY (OCT 23) cultures, make sure you try out the Macau Grand service with the ‘Macau Special Administrative Exhibition of Chan Hin Io Prix Simulator with the Guia Circuit raceway, not Region - Government Headquarters Open Day’ and to mention traditional Portuguese games and great sale of Macau’s philatelic products. Reminder: No One of the Macau Artists Promotion Projects held bands near the Carmo Church. pets, umbrellas, drinks and food or use of selfie by the Macau Foundation, this exhibition features sticks on the premises. Please use the stairs safely. some 70 pieces by local artist Chan Hin Io. Time: 7pm-10pm (October 20) 12pm-11pm (October 21) Time: 9am-6pm Time: 9am-7pm (Open on public holidays) 12pm-10pm (October 22) Date: October 21 & 22 Until: November 7, 2017 Venue: Taipa Houses, Avenida da Praia Venue: Government Headquarters, No.131, Venue: Chun Chou Tong Pavilion of Lou Lim Ioc Admission: Free Avenida da Praia Grande Garden, No. 10, Estrada de Adolfo Loureiro Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Admission: Free Admission: Free www.icm.gov.mo Organizer: Government Head Office Auxiliary Organizer: Macau Foundation Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region Enquiries: (853) 2872 7066 Enquiries: (853)2872 6886 www.fmac.org.mo www2.gcs.gov.mo/openday

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen SUNDAY (OCT 22) The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Orfeo ed Euridic - Outdoor Opera in Three captivates audiences with the energy of its Acts by Christoph W. Gluck performances and its exceptional sound. The German ensemble’s success is founded on the in- Orfeo’s music has charms to soothe the savage depth, systematic study of individual composers beast. One tragic day, the life of his wife Euridice and their works. Venturing beyond conventional was taken away. Drawing on the magical forces interpretation, the musicians perform both new and of his music, he ventures into the depths of the TUESDAY (OCT 24) traditional works, offering listeners fascinating new underworld to rescue his wife. A Greek mythology Ah Chung’s Collection Exhibition insights into familiar pieces of music, ranging from that has inspired the imagination of generations of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras to the composers, over 70 operas drew materials from the The works of Ah Chung - one of Hong Kong’s most contemporary compositions. Under the direction of poignant love legend of Orfeo and Euridice. Above popular painters - often surprise his readers with Paavo Järvi, the Grammy Award-winning Estonian- all, Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck is his simple brushwork filled with the wisdom of life. American conductor, the orchestra can be heard on considered to be one of the most important operas Over 20 artworks feature flowers, worms, stones concert stages and at festivals both nationally and of the 18th century. An avid opponent of excesses or insects which have great strength in surviving. internationally. It has won numerous awards for its in Italian opera, Gluck reformed the opera through Through his drawings, he wants to convey the Beethoven CD recording on the RCA label, including simplicity and dramatic truth. message of making life easier and happier. seven ECHO Klassik awards. Time: 8pm Time: 12pm-6pm (Closed on Mondays, open on Time: 8pm Date: October 21 & 22 public holidays) Venue: Macau Cultural Centre Venue: Mount Fortress Until: October 31, 2017 Admission: MOP200, MOP250, MOP300 Admission: MOP350 Venue: Macpro Art Space, No.11, Rua da Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Felicidade Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Admission: Free www.icm.gov.mo/fimm www.icm.gov.mo/fimm Enquiries: (853) 2833 7828 Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 Organizer: Macpro Gallery Ltd. www.macauticket.com www.macauticket.com www.macprogallery.com 20.10.2017 fri

WEDNESDAY (OCT 25) Flow: Glass Art Exhibition by Sunny Wang

The works of glass artist Sunny Wang cascade with cultural Oriental elements. The exhibition showcases 20 items of glass installation work, the work ‘Poetic Stones’ utilizing 28 pieces of black stone-shaped glass in different sizes inspired by the Buddhist ode of The Ten Ox-herding Pictures and ancient Chinese phonology. Another set on display is the seven-piece installation ‘Ru’, symbolizing the seven days of the week and the flow of life. Inspired by the seven treasures of Buddhism, this work encapsulates the seven strengths; namely confidence, perseverance, understanding, cleanliness, consciousness, concentration and wisdom.

Time: 9am-9pm (Open on public holidays) Until: November 19, 2017 Venue: Temporary Exhibition Gallery of IACM, No. 163, Avenida Almeida Ribeiro Admission: Free Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 www.icm.gov.mo

THURSDAY (OCT 26) Soweto Gospel Choir

Vibrant and exuberant, the critically acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa sings, dances and drums in their culturally unique way, to deliver a tour-de-force performance! Formed in 2002 in Soweto, the Soweto Gospel Choir brings together the best singers in South Africa, storming the world with its most inspirational power of African Gospel, South African freedom songs, as well as their unique reinterpretations of international classics. Winners of two GRAMMYs, an Emmy and two South African Music Awards, as well as an Oscar nomination, the Soweto Gospel Choir enchants audiences with their hybrid music styles of African gospel music, spirituals, reggae and many more. Come listen to their soul-stirring voices brimmed with emotions and the precious stories of human struggle and courage.

Time: 8pm Venue: Mount Fortress Admission: MOP150 Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo/fimm Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 www.macauticket.com 20.10.2017 fri

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