Houston Symphony opens its nature-inspired festival with music that travels from reflective landscapes to an earth-shaking finale. Steven Stucky's Silent Spring considers humanity's relationship with the natural world, Javier Perianes brings Spanish color to Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and Respighi's Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome unleash glowing orchestral pictures. Extra brass and crashing percussion make the final march through Jones Hall a particularly thrilling introducti.