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Zadok the Priest
Composer: Handel
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Date of broadcast: 27 November 2016
Composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727 and one of Handel's best-known works, Zadok the Priest has been sung prior to the anointing of the sovereign at the coronation of every British monarch since its composition and has become recognised as a British patriotic anthem. It was rearranged and used as the Champions League anthem.
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Recording date: 27 November 2016
Date of broadcast: 27 November 2016
