The sun is out to herald that summer is round the corner. The first of the 2025 summer concerts at Langton will take place on Saturday 7 June, when members of the Ensemble DeNOTE will return to bring an evening of music by W A Mozart and François Devienne. Devienne was a near contemporary of Mozart and a leading light in French music of the time, though sadly not well enough known today despite having written much excellent music. One of his main instruments was the flute and we are delighted to have a leading player of early wooden flutes for this performance.
Saturday 7 June 2025 - 6.30 pm
Langton Church, Langton by Spilsby PE23 4PU
Ensemble DeNOTE
Katy Bircher (flute), Marcus Barcham-Stevens (violin),
Oliver Wilson (viola), Ruth Alford (cello)
The programme will include-
W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) Prelude & fugue for String Trio
K.404a No3
W.A. Mozart Flute Quartet in D major
K.258
François Devienne (1759 – 1803) Duo for flute and viola
Op.5 No.4
François Devienne Flute quartet in B minor
Op.16 No.3
Followed by drinks and canapés in the candlelit church
Suggested donations (£25 per person in advance or £28 on the door)
to "Langton with Sutterby PCC"
c/o Langton Cottage, Langton, Spilsby PE23 4PU
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01790 753649 / 01790 753561 / 07809 619401
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For further details (including the final programme) please see the webpage
www.langton-by-spilsby.org.uk/langton-concerts
A brief note about François Devienne
François Devienne (1759-1803) was among the most significant composers of wind music in the second half of the eighteenth century. He was flute professor at the Paris Conservatory and a near contemporary of Mozart (1756 – 1791). He wrote about 300 instrumental works – mostly for wind instruments – including a dozen flute concertos, sinfonias for woodwinds, quartets and trios for different ensembles, 12 operas, 5 bassoon concertos, 6 bassoon sonatas and 6 oboe sonatas. He became known in his day as the “Mozart of the Flute”.
Ensemble DeNOTE
Founded in 2010 as the resident ensemble at The University of London’s Institute of Musical Research, Ensemble DeNOTE has gained a nationwide reputation for its commitment to creative reinterpretations of classical chamber music played on period instruments. The Ensemble’s recordings of Mozart and Beethoven have gained 5* reviews in the national press.
The Ensemble is a community of creators passionate about exploring the sound worlds and expressive potential of music from Bach to Brahms, inspired by past performance traditions but reinterpreted for today. A commitment to historical instruments and musical performance styles drives the Ensemble to revisit familiar landmarks of chamber music and to open up fresh dialogues in performance – all backed up by the latest scholarly research. DeNOTE’s programming begins with classical era chamber music (broadly 1750-1820) and it explores a wide breadth and variety of repertoire, including quintets, quartets, trios and duos by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and their Viennese contemporaries while also reaching back into the baroque and forwards to the romantic periods.