Hindemith was such a prolific composer that he supposedly stopped using opus numbers at number 50 because he was embarrassed by how young he was when he reached that landmark. With such a prodigious output, some works will be better and better-known than others. His only earlier appearance in the CCM, way back in December 2001 was of a wonderful work, not too well-known (and one, incidentally, which he purportedly wrote in one night).

This month's work, by contrast, is one of Hindemith's most beloved works, a standard in the orchestral repertory. The orchestration is strange in much of the work, but it is inspired, too. The movement excerpted here has one of the largest (and best) flute solos in the rep. (not counting concerti, of course).