No Innocent Victim - To Brun Again

Serov, in turn, wrote to Stasov: “It's been almost two hours since I left the hall, and still am beside myself: where am I? Where are we? What is it, in reality or in a dream? have I really heard Liszt? It is necessary to repent: I expected a lot from the descriptions, anticipated a lot from some unknown conviction, but reality far left all hope behind me! We are happy, truly happy, that we live in 1842, when there is such a performer in the world, and this performer drove into our capital and we had a chance to hear him ... Oh, how happy I am, what a celebration today, as if all of God's light looks different! And all this one person has done with his execution! Oh, how great greatness is in music! .. Yes, now I understand why Liszt chose the piano as his instrument, and why he is only a performer! Now I understand what it means to perform and what music means. ”