This composition inspired the theme of the UEFA Champions' League soccer competition. After a sequence of soft legato in strings, a sudden forte tutti is augmented by trumpets.  The middle section, "And all the people rejoic'd" is set as a dance-like theme in 3/4.  Along with My Heart Is Inditing, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, and The (**) King Shall Rejoice, this piece is one of a series of four anthems commissioned in 1727. Its text is from 1 Kings and describes an action performed together with (*) "Nathan the prophet"; that text has been used unaltered since 973. This anthem is titled for a biblical figure who "anointed Solomon king". Name this composition written for the coronation of George II and used at every British coronation sinc
This composition inspired the theme of the UEFA Champions' League soccer competition. After a sequence of soft legato in strings, a sudden forte tutti is augmented by trumpets.  The middle section, "And all the people rejoic'd" is set as a dance-like theme in 3/4.  Along with My Heart Is Inditing, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, and The (**) King Shall Rejoice, this piece is one of a series of four anthems commissioned in 1727. Its text is from 1 Kings and describes an action performed together with (*) "Nathan the prophet"; that text has been used unaltered since 973. This anthem is titled for a biblical figure who "anointed Solomon king". Name this composition written for the coronation of George II and used at every British coronation since, for 10 points, a choral work by George Frideric Handel.
This composition inspired the theme of the UEFA Champions' League soccer competition.
Zadok the Priest