“The music is incredibly playful and effective. The Legend of Spuyten is a tribute to the trumpeter Anthony Van Corlaer and at the same time to the old Nieuw Amsterdam, which from 1624 to 1664 was the administrative seat of the Dutch colony Nieuw Nederland and was renamed New York after the conquest by the British. This piece is also humorous and lively, effective and very well narrated by Marin Alsop.” ****