[1] He was one of a number of young men who left the United States at this time because of disagreement with the Vietnam War, and in order to avoid the draft.

[1] Christie has also presented and recorded many unknown works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (most of them were world premieres), Médée H.491, David and Jonathas H.490, Le Malade imaginaire H.495, La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers H.488, Les Plaisirs de Versailles H.480, Actéon H.481, many works composed for Christmas time, but also André Campra, Henry Desmarest, Michel-Richard Delalande, François Couperin, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Claudio Monteverdi and Jean-Philippe Rameau.

[7] Christie was a professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1982 to 1995, and maintains an active role in pedagogy by participating in master classes and academies.

[9] Christie has widened his group's core French repertoire, performing Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Henry Purcell, George Frideric Handel, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

[10] In 2016 he conducted Les Arts Florissants in Bach's B Minor Mass at the Royal Albert Hall Proms.