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HANDEL'S LAST CHANCE
SUBJECTS --- Biography/Handel; Music/Classical; World/England;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Talent;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Trustworthiness; Caring.
Age: 6 - 12; Not Rated; Drama; 1996; 51 minutes; Color.
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The career of George Frideric Handel is in tatters. Invited to Dublin to present the premiere of a new choral work, "The Messiah," he can't find singers adequate for the job. Then Handel meets Jamie O'Flaherty, a street urchin with a beautiful voice. The two save each other. The movie is one of the award winning Composers' Specials. The film features Handel's music throughout.
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Handel's Last Chance is an excellent introduction to George Frideric Handel and one of his greatest compositions, "The Messiah". It will help children understand and appreciate classical music and its history in England. The appearance in the film of Jonathan Swift, the author of Gulliver's Travels is an extra bonus.
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To give you a sense of how our Learning Guides can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents to supplement school curriculum or for homeschooling, we have set out below a paragraph from the Learning Guide to Handel's Last Chance.
The composition of "The Messiah" in 1741 marked the end of Handel's work in Italian opera. The premise of this film, that Handel had fallen on hard times, needed something new to revive his career, and found it in "The Messiah," is consistent with the historical record. "The Messiah" was first performed in Dublin in 1742.
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