Twelve Hats For Lena

Burnout affects a third of our population and over half of our health professionals. For the second group, the impact is magnified, as consequences play out not only on a personal level, but also on a societal level and lead to medical errors, suboptimal care, low levels of patient satisfaction, and poor clinical outcomes. Achieving wellbeing requires strategies for change.

Curiosity is the instinct that prompts us to act, and a book about curiosity should tell us how to live. This is the Lrst to do so, with its twelve rules for life.

Telemann's Twelve Fantasias extend far beyond the sound worlds of either Bach or Biber in both depth of emotion and an obvious vulnerability. There is little rhetoric here, only a passionate musical intensity that seems to well up from the composer's very soul. Manze, performing on a Gagliano (1783), continually hypnotizes, his violin captured beautifully in an immensely flattering acoustic, never acerbic, but resonating with a tone much richer and darker-hued and "vocal" than is common with period instruments. The Fantasias, themselves, are marvelous, phantasmagorical "inventions" of infinite wonder and design, yet retain a staggering ability to appear completely improvisational. That Manze is committed to these incredible pieces is unquestionable. His playing is simply stunning, without drawing attention to his own phenomenal virtuosity or the extreme difficulties inherent in each Fantasia.

Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the most successful and wealthiest German Baroque composers and his Twelve Fantasias for solo flute, TWV 40:2–13 were written between 1727 and 1732.

Possessing a broad repertoire, Finnish flutist Sami Junnonen is an international soloist and orchestral musician with a growing recording career. He attended the Lyon Conservatory, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, and the Sibelius Academy, where in 2008 he earned his Master's degree with distinction. Significant events in his career include his 2012 recital at the Helsinki Music Centre, and his tour of Russia in 2017. He has appeared with many orchestras, including the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.