Composer of the Week - Francois Couperin - Saint-Gervais

Donald Macleod looks at the importance to the Couperin family of the church of Saint-Gervais in Paris, where generations of them were employed, beginning in Louis XIV's time with Louis Couperin and ending with Gervais-Francois Couperin's death in 1826. Couperin: Tantum ergo sacramentum Jill Feldman, Isabelle Poulenard (soprano) Jaap ter Linden (bass viol) Davitt Moroney (organ/harpsichord) Louis Couperin: 5 Fantasies (excerpt) Jan Willem Jansen (organ) Couperin: Kyrie (Messe des paroisses) Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Couperin: La Sultanne Francois Fernandez, Luis-Otavio Santos (violin) Emmanuel Balssa, Jerome Hantai (bass viol) Elisabeth Joye (harpsichord) Couperin: 3rd tenebrae for 2 voices Sandrine Piau, Veronique Gens (soprano) Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset (organ) Emmanuel Balssa (bass viol) Armand-Louis Couperin: L'Afflige Sophie Yates (harpsichord).