| Ich habe genug | |
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BWV
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| Solo church cantata by J. S. Bach | |
 Simeon, painted by Aert de Gelder, c. 1700 | |
| English | I have enough |
| Native name | Ich habe genung |
| Occasion | Purification of Mary |
| Performed | 2 February 1727: Leipzig |
| Movements | 5 |
| Vocal | Solo bass (82a: soprano) |
| Instrumental |
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Ich habe genug (original: Ich habe genung, English: "I have enough" or "I am content"), BWV 82,[a] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.[1][2][3] He composed the solo cantata for bass in Leipzig in 1727 for the Feast Mariae Reinigung (Purification of Mary) and first performed it on 2 February 1727. In a version for soprano, BWV 82a, possibly first performed in 1731, the part of the obbligato oboe is replaced by a flute. Part of the music appears in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. The cantata is one of the most recorded and performed of Bach's sacred cantatas. The opening aria and so-called "slumber aria" are regarded as some of the most inspired creations of Bach.
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- ^ Dürr & Jones 2006, p. 661.
- ^ Cantagrel, Gilles (2010), Les Canatates de J.-S. Bach (in French), Fayard, ISBN 9782213644349
- ^ Whittaker, William Gillies (1978), The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach: sacred and secular, Volume I, Oxford University Press, pp. 378–384, ISBN 019315238X