Borovsky's concert with Koshetz. Her success - not entirely deserved, since every now and then she resorts to vulgarity. But she is now more famous than she ever was in Moscow, and has become very rich.

As for Borovsky, his performance of Sarcasms was the first I had heard for seven years (except for No. 3 when it was reprinted in America). B.N.* sat beside me and breathed noisily throughout. The pieces were played so fast as to be incomprehensible. The Toccata was alao played at a ridiculous tempo, so inevitably the piece suffered but the pianist gained a victory. My heart had palpitations.