Excerpts from the local newspaper (NewtonTab) writeup of May 2 titled "Long Live Classical Music in Newton"

Trio of Forte New York concert at Newton Free Library, 4.22.2018

"The concert at its Druker Auditorium featured the Piano Trio of Forte NY - Vicky Lee, violin; Yumi Bae, cello; Hyojin Rhim, piano. It started with a late Intermezzo  for piano by Brahms. The piece guided us through the introspective and dreamy path at the end of which was waiting the exciting piano trio op. 70, No. 1 ("Ghost") by Beethoven. It is one of my favorite chamber pieces with its dramatic outer movements and the eerie yet ultimately moving resignation of the second movement. Whether the musicians devised the program with those peaceful strolls in mind that we have through the Newton Cemetery next to the library, I wouldn't know....
The latter half of the program paired two modern pieces: first, "Passacaglia" by the British composer William Walton for cello solo started with a somber melody, moved through the set of subtly intensifying variations before the accumulated tension dissolved with a sudden burst of virtuosic flourish, impeccably executed by Ms. Bae."

"...Vivacity of music and brilliance of performance were easily contagious. What was equally memorable for me was those fleeting moments of intimation communicated only to the live audience - that of bowing subtly held off during the solo piece, as it revealed to my rapt eyes the cellist's painstaking calibration, the desire for attaining perfection, and the relentless self-criticism going into music-making at such a high level. So much deeper goes our musical experience."