Robert Burns A Passion for Freedom

Robert Burns is the Bard of Scotland. His songs and poetry are
admired and extolled around the world. His writings have served as an
inspiration for numerous writers and freedom fighters. This afternoon
concert shines a spotlight on American abolitionist Frederick Douglass,
Nobel Prize-winning Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore and Ukrainian Poet
Laureate Taras Shevchenko.

Acclaimed Canadian stage, film and television actor RH Thomson leads
an ensemble that features singer/actor/musician Beau Dixon,
singer/composer Suba Sankaran and a number of Canada’s finest
instrumental musicians.

Included in the program are such time-honoured songs as “My Love Is
Like a Red, Red Rose,” “Ae Fond Kiss: and, of course, “Auld Lang Syne.”