...said. "Being a small orchestra and getting a big name composer to write a piece for you is a pretty tough thing," he said. "The big name composers, the folks that are out there writing for major orchestras...

...of the traditional folk songs. The lass part of the title comes from a selection by P.D.Q. Bach, the pen name composer Peter Schickele used to write comedic classical works. Flood said ``My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth'' is a takeoff...