Handel's Water Music is a suite written as entertainment for a royal dinner party thrown by England's King George the first in July 1717. The dinner party was to be held on a barge sailing the river Thames, and hence the name Water Music. This is the very joyous "Alla...
"Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" is drawn from Handel's Oratorio "Solomon", composed in 1748. It is the most famous excerpt, and is perfect for flute quartet.