I'm conducting slowly because I don't know the tempo.
I can conduct better than I count.
[conductor Eugene Ormandy introduces Warfield to the audience in an unintentionally humorous way:] With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
Who is sitting in that empty chair?
Without him here, it is impossible to know how fast he will play it, approximately.
Did you play? It sounded very good.