Every Valley tells the extraordinary story behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written - a cinematic and moving drama of entangled lives at a pivotal moment in history.
London, 1741.
An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.
A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city-s abandoned infants.
An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.
And a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience-s attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.
Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley tells the story behind the creation of Handel-s Messiah: a
