Music for Montauk Returns

It wasn’t just a dream. Music for Montauk is back again this year, and in the capable hands of Lilah Gosman and Milos Repicky, who rebooted the popular classical music series last year with some off-season events and a week of musical surprises in August. The future of the concerts had been uncertain after the death of the founder, Ruth Widder, in 2013.

A spring concert highlighting themes of youth, energy, and creativity will take place at the Montauk School on Saturday at 4 p.m. The program will feature Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, which the organizers describe as an intensely passionate, beautiful, and exciting work, noting that the piece was written by a teenage prodigy experiencing the thrill of first love. 

Two young singers from Juilliard, Rebecca Farley and Alex McKissick, will embody Mendelssohn’s themes in their interpretation of this romantic work. They will be accompanied by the violinists Annaliesa Place and Joanna Mauer, Jessica Meyer on viola, and Diego Garcia on cello.

Music for Montauk will benefit from a reception to be held at Gosman’s restaurant after the concert, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with drinks and a buffet dinner. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door.

The summer season is shaping up as well, with a week of concerts and events in unusual and evocative places beginning on Aug. 16. More to be revealed in the near future.