1.   Back then, he was an adept sight reader.

2.   English orchestra musicians, who work amazingly profuse and hectic schedules, can be counted on as superior sight readers and quick studies.

3.   Some cannot help feeling unappreciated as highly skilled sight readers who can sing in several languages and yet have little of the prestige and money of soloists.

4.   Then why do his concerts sound so ad hoc, so like the half-distracted amblings of a virtuoso sight reader?