Virile, noisy and rhythmic, tonal and modal, the music of Peru’s Jimmy López (b1978) is widely known in America but less so to audiences here. (His opera Bel Canto, based on the Ann Patchett novel and starring Renee Fleming, premieres in Chicago later this year.) These orchestral works show the influence of Afro-Peruvian music, in the pulsating Perú Negro especially, but López is also an honorary European, having studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Synesthésie explores tuned percussion, sensuous strings, murky woodwind and shimmering brass. Lord of the Air, for solo cello and orchestra, is inspired by the flight of the Andean condor. América Salvaje, mixing folk culture and high-art styles, is in effect one long, energetic crescendo honouring the wild Americas of its title. It’s bold and colourful.