In the first of three concerts (Saturday 24 March, 8pm) in the intimate setting of the Art Gallery of WA, West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of music by Beethoven, Bartok and Mills, directed by concertmaster John Harding. Hosted by Gallery Director Alan R. Dodge, the concert will showcase the talents of the WASO with soloists Margaret Blades on violin and Allan Meyer on clarinet.

Discover the masters of the classical music world when the Sydney Symphony's acclaimed Discovery Series returns to the City Recital Hall in 2007. Unearth the secrets of four magnificent composers, Beethoven, Debussy, Janáček and Rachmaninov, as renowned music educator Richard Gill guides audiences on a journey filled with music and words in a unique blend of live performance and informative exploration of classical music.

Three performances by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in March will underscore musical development and change from the classical to the contemporary, and will also introduce the young Latvian violinist, Baiba Skride, to audiences across the state. Under the baton of Neeme Järvi, the concerts begin with A.S. In Memoriam by Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson, a work in which the composer states he has "sought to mirror the vocabulary, gesture and musical characters present in the works of Arnold Schoenberg."

The Minnesota Orchestra's critically acclaimed recordings of the Beethoven symphonies-conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä-are now available as music downloads on all the major Internet music sites, including iTunes®, eMusic and Rhapsody, among other sites. The available symphonies include Beethoven's Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth and, the most recent release, the Ninth.

The Minnesota Orchestra, in collaboration with U.S. Bank, will launch its third annual "Breakfast with Beethoven" on Thursday, February 1, a unique opportunity for morning commuters to receive a free pastry, newspaper and-new this year-a $10 iTunes® gift card at Orchestra Hall.

Join the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of music director Peter Rubardt, as it presents Beethoven's Fifth Saturday, January 13, at 8 p.m. at the Saenger Theatre. The orchestra will perform music by Ludwig van Beethoven, and American composers Leonard Bernstein and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the orchestra in John Adams' masterpiece Naïve and Sentimental Music at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of the Casual Friday Series on January 19, 2007, at 8:00 p.m. In addition, Beethoven's heroic Symphony No. 2 is performed on Saturday, January 20, 2007, at 8 p.m. at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Following his performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 with Seattle Symphony, Philippe Entremont will grace the stage of Benaroya Hall once again on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. in recital. With a program featuring Beethoven's Piano Trio in D major, the "Ghost Trio," Entremont will also perform Brahms' Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in G major and Franck's Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor.

Austin audiences will continue to experience the excellence of the Austin Symphony's 96th concert season when Maestro Peter Bay and the ASO welcome violinist Jaime Laredo and cellist Sharon Robinson for an evening featuring works by Wagner, Rózsa and Beethoven. Frost Bank and Slack & Davis proudly sponsor this concert.