After a sequence of soft legato in strings, a sudden forte tutti is augmented by trumpets.  
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