At the moment in which the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints the head of Carlos III with the consecrated oil to give way to his new legacy as monarch, the anthem of the greatest football competition in the world will resound on the walls of Westminster Abbey, the Champions League.
Why will this happen? In England this piece is known as ‘Zadok the Priest’ and is one of the hymns that the German composer George Frideric Händel composed for the coronation of George II in 1727. This music, which in its publication was accompanied by ‘Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened’, ‘The King Shall Rejoice’ and ‘My Heart Is Inditing’, has been performed at every coronation since then, including that of the former queen, Elizabeth II.
However, in 1992, UEFA chose composer Tony Britten to create the song that would open each match in the new Champions League. Thus, this author was completely inspired by the work of Händel, creating a hymn that, interpreted by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Saint Martin in the Fields Academy Choir, has become the soundtrack of several of the matches most important in the history of football.
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