Chance to hear the Burns Family Flute

A SPECIAL concert showcasing the newly restored Burns family flute will be held in the new year.

The concert at the Theatre Royal on January 17 is being organised by the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust offering Burns fans the chance to to hear the recently restored Burns Family Flute, played in Dumfries for the first time in more than 150 years.

The flute, which belonged to the poet’s son, James Glencairn Burns, is a prized object from the collection at museum. Award winning singer, Robyn Stapleton, flautist Claire Mann and harpist Wendy Stewart, will perform a selection of Burns’s finest works from his time at Ellisland, which he described as “sweet poetic ground”, and where he wrote 130 poems and songs.

Looking ahead to the concert a spokesperson for the trust said: “This is set to be a momentous occasion, bringing the magic of Burns back to the Theatre Royal Dumfries - a venue he supported and wrote material for himself.

“Come along, enjoy an hour of superb music, and learn more about our plans to Save the Home of Auld Lang Syne.”