Ich habe genug
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Ich habe genug (I have enough) is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works, it is BWV 82.
It was written in Leipzig for the Feast of the Purification on 2 February 1727. The Purification commemorates an incident recorded by St Luke in which Mary takes the baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem to offer ritual sacrifices.
The piece is written for oboe, strings, basso continuo and bass soloist. Other versions exist for soprano (as BWV 82a) or alto soloist, and/or with altered woodwind scoring (for example, BWV 82a is scored for flute, and not oboe). It is in five movements:
- Aria: "Ich habe genug"
- Recitative: "Ich habe genug"
- Aria: "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" ("Fall asleep, you weary eyes")
- Recitative: "Mein Gott! Wenn kömmt das Schöne: Nun!" ("My God! When will the lovely one come?" "Now!"
- Aria: "Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod" ("I look forward to death")
Several movements from this cantata can be found transcribed in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, transposed up a tenth so that they are singable by a mezzo-soprano, presumably done by Anna Magdalena Bach for her own use.
