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  1. 5. Truth

    5/5 Handel must confront the terrible truth that he is going blind.

  2. 4. Messiah

    4/5 Handel travels to Ireland to present a new work: Messiah

  3. 3. Decline

    3/5 Handel triumphs at the coronation of a new king, but his operatic fortunes fare less well.

  4. 2. Royal Academy

    2/5 As a favourite of the King, Handel establishes a new musical society.

  5. 1. Arrival

    1/5 Jane Glover's vivid account of the German composer's life in 18th-century London.