Alex Salmond memorial order of service published – with Proclaimers set to perform

THE details of the public memorial service for former first minister Alex Salmond have been announced – and include live performances from both The Proclaimers and Dougie MacLean.

Sheena Wellington, the Scots singer who performed Rabbie Burns’s “A Man’s A Man For A That” at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, will also perform at the memorial service, while politicians such as David Davis, Fergus Ewing, and Kenny MacAskill will speak.

The memorial service for Salmond, the late Alba and SNP leader, is due to be held from 11am at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh on November 30. It will be streamed live on the BBC’s iPlayer.

Salmond passed away after suffering a heart attack during a conference in North Macedonia on October 12.

A private funeral service was held on October 29 in Strichen Parish Church, with arrangements made for a public memorial service at a later date.

(Image: PA) Earlier in November, the Salmond family said they had been "overwhelmed" at the level of public interest in attending the service, which was arranged for St Andrew’s Day.

Further details have now been released ahead of the event on Saturday.

The full order of service will run as follows:

• Introit: St Giles Cathedral Choir, directed by Michael Harris
• Welcome: Rev Dr George J Whyte OBE, KSG
• Hymn: “I have a dream”, a man once said (Tune: Repton)
• Prayer: Rev Dr George J Whyte OBE, KSG
• Reading: Psalm 121 in Gaelic read by Josh Robertson
• Reading: John 14 read by Rt Hon Sir David Davis MP
• Music: Theme for Scotland and The Referendum, played by Alasdair Fraser (fiddle) and Natalie Haas (cello)
• Tribute: Christina Hendry (Alex’s niece)
• Music: Caledonia, written and performed by Dougie MacLean
• Tribute: Kenny MacAskill
• Hymn: The Lord’s My Shepherd (Tune: Crimond)
• Tribute: Duncan Hamilton KC
•  Music: Jock o Hazeldean, played by Alasdair Fraser (fiddle) and Natalie Haas (cello)
• Reading: The Wild Geese by Violet Jacob, read by Fergus Ewing
• Music: Cap in Hand, written and performed by The Proclaimers 
• Congregational song: A Man’s A Man For A That, led by Sheena Wellington
• Prayer: Rev Dr George J Whyte OBE, KSG
• Hymn: Be Thou My Vision (Tune: Slane)
• Benediction
• Piper Hamish Moore leads the congregation from St Giles

The memorial service is due to start at 11am and run for around one hour.

The Scottish Resistance has organised a second memorial event for Glasgow's Buchanan Street steps, which will run concurrently.