News about Johann Sebastian Bach

Former chancellor Alistair Darling's family was among Labour giants attending a memorial service for Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown today. At the Edinburgh ceremony, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and significant numbers of his shadow cabinet were joined by the former prime ministers. After a private cremation took place yesterday, it was held at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh's capital. Lord Darling, the chancellor between 2007 and 2010, died on November 30, age 70, after being admitted to a hospital where he was being treated for cancer. Piper Finlay MacDonald was supposed to play music before the service began, as well as pieces from classical composers Johannes Brahms and Johann Sebastian Bach. In The Bleak Midwinter, Love Divine, and Jerusalem, a choir was expected to perform the hymns. Lord Darling's children, Anna and Calum, were due to read eulogies, as had friend and former Labour minister Brian Wilson, as well as shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves.

He has a rugged visage that seems to have been hacked from a rock with a sharp chisel. And it's a face that has starred some of the worst characters in television's Succession: Logan Roy, the monstrous media mogul on television's Succession, and the obnoxious CIA puppet master in The Bourne Identity films. However, we'll get to see a whole other side of Brian Cox in Bath - sad, tender, and actually quite sweet as the great German composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Brian Cox, an actor from Dundee, Scotland, said he did not want to attend Logan Roy's funeral, but his wife'made him'.' In Succession, Brian May's award-winning television series, Roy was the ruthless media mogul played by him. Cox says it was "too early" to be taken off the show and that it was 'a bit upsetting to go that soon.'

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At her state funeral on Monday, Queen Elizabeth II's personal bagpiper paid a loving tribute to the late Monarch, Sleep, Dearie, Sleep, to close the Westminster Abbey service. Pipe Major Paul Burns performed the traditional song, but the congregation remained quiet as King Charles III, his siblings, and children stayed on. The Last Post, Reveille, and the national anthem were among the state funerals that came to an end and the Queen embarked on her final ride to the Royal Vault beneath St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. 2,000 monarchs, world leaders, VIPs, and hundreds of citizens of the country attended the state funeral at the Abbey. The longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom died 11 days ago, aged 96.

Buckingham Palace has now released the order of service in full, as well as the official picture of the Queen's funeral, the list of hymns, readings, and music. 2,000 people attended the royal family and world leaders' funeral today, as the country mourns the Monarch's death. The Queen's coffin will be carried in a grand military parade from Westminster's Palace to Westminster Abbey at 11 a.m. for the funeral.

As the eyes of the world look toward central London, the two young siblings, who are second and third in line to the throne, will march in today's parade with the likes of King Charles and Prince Harry. Last night, it was announced that the Prince and Princess of Wales will bring George, nine, and Charlotte, seven, according to reports, it was a 'collective family decision' to make them the youngest to play a central role in such a dramatic event.

Every minute for 96 minutes, the tenor bell is tolled during the service, commemorating each year of Queen Elizabeth II's life. The coffin of Her Majesty's throne enters the Abbey, surmounted by the Imperial State Crown and the Orb and Sceptre, Earl of Wessex, Prince of Wales, Prince Charlotte, Prince George, Prince George, Prince Michael of Kent, Duke of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Duke of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince George and Prince George were among the bearer