UEFA Champions League Hymn

The UEFA Champions League Anthem, officially titled simply as "Champions League", is an arrangement by Tony Britten of Georg Frideric Handel's "Zadok the Priest" from the "Coronation Anthems". UEFA commissioned Britten in 1992 to arrange their hymn, and the piece was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chorus in the three official languages used by UEFA: English, German, and French. The hymn's chorus is played before each UEFA Champions League game, as well as at the beginning and end of television broadcasts of the matches. The complete hymn is about three minutes long, and has two short verses and the chorus. The hymn has never been released commercially in its original version. However, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields chorus can be heard singing the original "Zadok the Priest" on the 2002 album " [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4uq5g4fptvnz World Soccer Anthems] ". Additionally, Polish trance/dance duo Kalwi & Remi released a remixed version entitled "Victory", which contains vocal and musical interpolations from the original, in late 2006. This version is also used as an extra hymn.

Lyrics

:"Ce sont les meilleures équipes"::Those are the best teams:"Sie sind die allerbesten Mannschaften"::Those are the best teams:"The main event"
"(repeat)":"Die Meister"::The Masters:"Die Besten"::The best:"Les Grandes Équipes"::The biggest teams:"The Champions"
:"Une grande réunion"::A big gathering:"Eine große sportliche Veranstaltung"::A big sports event:"The main event"
:"Ils sont les meilleurs"::They are the best:"Sie sind die Besten"::They are the best:"These are the champions"

"(repeat)"

ee also

*UEFA Champions League
*European anthem
*National anthem

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/ UEFA Official Website]