Shortly before death, George Fredrick Handel (1685-1759), old, blind, portly, sometimes raging and usually reflective, narrates a look back over his life. As he tells his story, his music plays as background or is performed on screen. As a youth, he is Buck, a prodigy, attractive to women and to patrons. He travels from Halle to Italy then to London, where he finds himself completely at home. He composes constantly. He pleases princes and dukes; he displeases prelates and critics. He's in court to defend his copyright. He makes and loses money; he engenders a cat fight between two divas. At the end of his life, he observes that he helped the English with their religion.

Starring:

Trevor Howard, Dave Griffiths, Christopher Bramwell, Ranald Neilson, Tracey Spence, Anne Downie, Simon Donald, Peter Stanger, Beth Robens, Mitzi Mueller, Elizabeth Lax, Chris Young, Caroline Woolley, Shona Drummond, Isabella Connell

Genre:

Biography, Drama, Music