There are so many wonderful listening opportunities in Portland this fall. Here are a few to consider.

Work by composer John Luther Adams is part of Third Angle New Music Ensemble's season opener. (Evan Hurd)

Third Angle New Music Ensemble: “In Wildness”

This concert, held at the company that makes huge wind turbines, explores voices from remote regions and the impact of climate change. John Luther Adams’ “Nunataks” (“Solitary Peaks”) reveals mountains that rise out of icefields and glaciers. George Crumb’s “Vox Balanae” will take you under the sea. New works by Portland’s own Nancy Ives and other composers like Jonathan Russ will challenge and inspire.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, Vestas, 1417 N.W. Everett St.; thirdangle.org or 503-331-0301.

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Composer Joan Szymko conducting. (Owen Carey)

Oregon Repertory Singers: “Shadow and Light,” an Alzheimer’s journey

Written two years ago by Portland composer Joan Szymko, this large-scale work for orchestra, chorus and soloists traverses the many aspects of Alzheimer’s. Szymko also created the libretto from quotes of Alzheimer’s patients, their caregivers, the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Rainer Maria Rilke, hymn texts and scripture, and her own words. Under the baton of artistic director Ethan Sperry, this concert may prove to be one of the most relevant and poignant of the year.

3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 28-29; First United Methodist Church, 1838 S.W. Jefferson St.; orsingers.org or 503-230-0652.

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Garrick Ohlsson will return to the Oregon Symphony as a guest artist in September. (Courtesy of Oregon Symphony)

Oregon Symphony: Brahms’ Second

Redolent of pastoral scenes, complete with blue skies and rippling streams, Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 reflects a summer in the Austrian countryside, where he wrote it. If that piece doesn’t put you in a good mood, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25, which will be played by one of Portland’s favorite guest artists, Garrick Ohlsson, should do the trick. The concert will include the world premiere of “Remaking a Forest” by British composer Oscar Bettison, whose music has been described as “an unconventional lyricism and a menacing beauty.”

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 and Monday, Sept. 30; 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway; orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

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Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie van Otter. (Advance Local file photo)

Friends of Chamber Music: Anne Sofie von Otter

Portland can count its lucky stars because Swedish nightingale Anne Sofie von Otter will stop by to give a recital. The Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano, with over 100 recordings to her credit, will sing works by Mozart, Schubert and two Swedish composers from the Romantic era: Franz Berwald and Adolf Lindblad. She will be accompanied by pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, who will play some Schubert pieces between sets.

7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7; Lincoln Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave; focm.org or 503-224-9842.

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Pianist Marc-André Hamelin. (Advance Local file photo)

Portland Piano International: Marc-André Hamelin

Marc-André Hamelin inaugurates Portland Piano International’s 42nd season with two terrific recitals. Known internationally for his virtuosic talent, Hamelin will offer two distinctly challenging recitals. The first includes Alexis Weissenberg’s delicious arrangement of six songs by French singer-songwriter Charles Trénet. The second offers a rarely heard sonata by Russian-Soviet composer Samuil Feinberg.

4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 5-6; Lincoln Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave; portlandpiano.org or 503-228-1388.

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Chamber Music Northwest: Dark Horse Consort – Modern Masters of Period Brass

Inspired by the bronze horse statues in Venice’s famed St. Mark’s Basilica, the Dark Horse Consort specializes in brass music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. This period instrument ensemble will play a number of pieces for cornetto, a wooden instrument with an acorn-shaped mouthpiece and finger holes like a recorder, and sackbut, an early version of the trombone. In addition to regal church music, the program includes a German drinking song, a five-part madrigal and dance tunes.

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta St.; cmnw.org or 503-294-6400.

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Portland Opera: “Madama Butterfly”

The tragic story of a Japanese geisha who marries and is abandoned by an American naval officer was a total failure at its premiere in 1904. But Puccini revised “Madama Butterfly” five times, and its final version is the one that has become so beloved for its luminous and pastel sound that captures the gentle emotional world of its heroine. Portland Opera’s production will feature Japanese soprano Hiromi Omura in the title role. An excellent performance will cause tears, so bring your handkerchief.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, Sunday, Oct. 27, Thursday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 2; Keller Auditorium, 222 S.W. Clay St.; portlandopera.org or 503-241-1802.

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Oregon Symphony: Sibelius’ “The Tempest”

This large-scale work for chorus, orchestra and harmonium retells Shakespeare’s play, a fantasy that intertwines love, betrayal, folly and magic on an island where the sorcerer Prospero lives with his daughter and two servants. Divided into 34 scenes, Sibelius’ work lasts over an hour, including an amazing, swirling cosmos of sound in the Overture. Mary Birnbaum, who directed the orchestra’s impressive production of “Bluebeard’s Castle” in 2016, will provide stage directions and Carlos Kalmar will conduct the musical forces.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 and Monday, Oct. 28. 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway; orsymphony.org or 503-228-1353.

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Mousai Remix. (Courtesy photo)

45th Parallel Universe: Vive la Femme/Primordial Swamp

Two one-hour concerts in one evening should fill your ears to the brim. In the first performance the mousai REMIX ensemble will play works by composers associated with the women’s suffrage movement: Ruth Crawford Seeger, Rebecca Clark, Amy Beach and Dame Ethel Smyth. The second concert, celebrating the ensemble’s latest CD, will present the music of Persian American Reza Vali, Czech Bohuslav Martin and Hungarian Ernst von Dohnányi.

7 and 8:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 8; The Old Church, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave.; 45thparallelpdx.org or 503-341-0606.

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Cappella Romana: Kastalsky Requiem

To memorialize the lives of those who died during World War I, Russian composer Alexander Kastalsky wrote the “Commemoration for Fallen Brothers.” His 17-movement requiem was never performed in its entirety because of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Communist-enforced secularism that banned all performances of sacred music. The Kastalsky Requiem has been recently rediscovered and has received much acclaim. Grammy-nominated conductor Steven Fox will lead Cappella Romana, orchestra and soloists in its Northwest premiere.

8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, St. Mary's Cathedral, 1716 N.W. Davis St,; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, Our Lady of the Lake Parish, 650 A Ave., Lake Oswego; cappellaromana.org or 503-234-5019.

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Pianist Inon Barnatan. (Courtesy photo)

Portland Piano International: Inon Barnatan

Between 1829 and 1845, Felix Mendelssohn wrote 48 short lyrical piano pieces that were published in eight volumes titled “Songs without Words.” Ten of those pieces will anchor the first of two concerts by the phenomenally talented Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan. The second concert offers an intriguing Time Traveler’s Suite that starts with Bach and moves through several eras, arriving in a today’s soundscape with music by György Ligeti and Thomas Adès.

4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 16-17; Lincoln Hall, 1620 S.W. Park Ave; portlandpiano.org or 503-228-1388.

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Bach Cantata Choir: Bach “St. John Passion,” Part 1

Considered one of the great masterpieces of choral literature, Bach’s “St. John Passion” sets the gospel story with compelling drama and poetry. While the arias go outside the tragic narrative at strategic points to reflect on the action, the chorales move into the present day to focus on the listener’s relation to the Christ. Also on the program are Bach’s Cantata No. 61 (“Nun komm der Heiden Heiland”) and Vivaldi’s In “Exitu Israel.” All pieces will be led by artistic director Ralph Nelson.

2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17; Rose City Park Presbyterian Church, 1907 N.E. 45th Ave.; bachcantatachoir.org or 503-702-1973.

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Portland Baroque Orchestra: Crossing the Channel – Immigrant Composers in London

This concert is a reminder of how different cultures grow through the exchange of music. London has been a hub for international composers since the Baroque period. Harpsichordist Avi Stein will conduct a concert that allows the audience to hear a transition of sound from British composer Thomas Arne, who wrote “Rule Britannia,” to Italian Francesco Geminiani, whose works are now rarely played, and finally George Frideric Handel, who moved from Germany to London when he was 27.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 22-23, First Baptist Church, 1110 S.W. Taylor St.; 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, 3203 S.E. Woodstock Blvd.; pbo.org or 503-226-6000.