Cullivan from Cavan/The Catskill Pines/ Nevsky Prospect
There are three reels from the Urnua CD with Eimear Coughlan and Francis Cunningham. The Cullivan is Tom Cullivan,a composer friend of Carl’s for many years and now living in Galway. The Catskills Pines was written after playing a few concerts in the area which is close to New York. Carl also met a great friend of his, Felix Dolan, who was part of the Catskills Trad Festival. Nevsky Prospect was written after a trip to Russia in 1989. A crew from RTÉ traveled with the group and Carl was asked to write the music for the documentary. The documentary followed their travel from Spiddal to Moscow as well as concerts in Moscow and St Petersburg. Nevsky Prospect was an avenue for busking which they did.
