3/5. Charpentier's first patroness, the Duchesse de Guise, was a pious and music-loving sponsor. In the mid-1680s Charpentier took up another appointment, which his friend and fellow musician Sebastian de Brossard said was "among the most brilliant" in the French musical world, that of composer and master of music at St Louis, the most important Jesuit church in Paris, famed for its excellent music-making.

Avertantur Retrosum (1st Antiphon); Psalm 69: Deus in Adjutorium Meum
Intende Catherine Greuillet and Caroline Pelon (sopranos), Gerard Lesne (alto), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Jean-Charles Ablitzer (organ)
Les Arts Florissants (excerpts) Agnes Mellon (soprano), Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
La Descente d 'Orphee aux Enfers (excerpts) Monique Zanetti (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Fernand Bernardi (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
Pour le Saint Sacrement au Reposoir Agnes Mellon (soprano), Henri Ledroit
(alto), William Kendall (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Choir and Orchestra of the Chapelle Royale, director Philippe Herreweghe Amor Vince Ogni Cosa (excerpts)
Patricia Petibon and Sophie Daneman (sopranos), Paul Agnew and Francois Piolino (tenors), Olivier Lallouette (baritone), Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie
Graciarum Actiones
Soloists, La Simphonie du Marais, director Olivier Schneebeli

(Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight)