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For the week in which summer officially begins, we present music associated with the season.SummerLEO SOWERBY (1895–1968)All on a Summer’s Day (12:21)From Leo Sowerby: Symphony No. 2 and other worksCedille Records CDR 90000 039 (Track 3)Chicago SinfoniettaCzech National Symphony OrchestraPaul Freeman, conductorKEVIN OLSON (b. 1970)Summer Sonnet (4:46)NILS LINDBERG (b. 1933)Shall I compare? (2:26)ROBERT APPLEBAUM (b. 1941)Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (3:13)From Shall I Compare Thee? — Choral Songs on Shakespeare TextsCedille Records CDR 90000 085 (Tracks 1, 12, 23)Chicago a cappellaJOHN CORIGLIANO (b. 1938)Midsummer Fanfare (2004) (5:49)From American Orchestral WorksCedille Records CDR 90000 090 (Track 5)Grant Park OrchestraCarlos Kalmar, conductorAARON COPLAND (1900–1990)Midsummer Nocturne (1947) (1:54)From Copland Piano Music: Romantic & ModernCedille Records CDR 90000 021 (Track 11)Ramon Salvatore, pianoMICHAEL ABELS (b. 1962)Global Warming (1990) (8:10)From African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. IIICedille Records CDR 90000 066 (Track 1)Chicago SinfoniettaPaul Freeman, conductorLEE KESSELMAN (b. 1951)Buzzings: Three Pieces about Bees (4:11)I. To make a prairieII. A Bee his burnished CarriageIII. Bee! I’m expecting you!From Songs of Smaller Creatures and other American choral worksCedille Records CDR 90000 131 (Tracks 4–6)Grant Park ChorusChristopher Bell, conductorMANUEL M. PONCE (1882–1948)Plenilunio from Suite cubana (4:11)From Mexican Piano Music by Manuel M. PonceCedille Records CDR 90000 086 (Track 21)Jorge Federico Osorio, piano