But in the second movement, a vigorous march, the wisdom of his approach came through better.
Actually, the production came through better in movie houses and on television.
The sound of the City Opera Orchestra came through better than ever, with brightness, richness and lingering resonance.
But there is no dispute that much of the progress has come through better treatments for early-stage breast cancer.
Improvement, says Watmore, will come through better working practices and smarter programme management, something he continues to prioritise in his role at the Cabinet Office.
But the dimensions of his talent came through better in the late recital on Wednesday, beginning with a lovely performance of Haydn's two-movement Sonata in D (Hob. XVI 42).
The authorities' goal of turning organised crime into a policing problem, rather than a threat to national security, remains a distant one.Some progress, especially in policing, can come through better administration.
Whether that has come through better education on contraception or through programs that discourage premarital sex, pro-life and pro-choice advocates should celebrate such an achievement together and acknowledge each other's role in it.
What he is capable of came through better on Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall, when he led a calmly riveting account of a mysterious recent work by Kaija Saariaho and a moving, authoritative and, in the last movement, suitably wild performance of Shostakovich's Sixth Symphony.
I was also glad I listened to a broadcast of the opera's European premiere last year in London, in which the words came through better than did here, despite the intimacy of Nancy's opera house on the exquisite Stanislas Square.
