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Cantata BWV 82
Ich habe genug


Ref.:

BWV 82 / BC A 169
1st version [B] BWV 82.1; BWV 82; BC A 169a
2nd version [S] BWV 82.2; BWV 82; BC A 169b
3rd version [A]: BWV 82.3; BWV 82; BC A 169c

German Title:

Ich habe genug / Ich habe genung (according to Newmann's Textbuch and Alfred Dürr)

English Title:

It is enough (by Alec Robertson, Richard Stokes)

Event:

Solo Cantata (for Bass) for the Feast of Purification of Mary
Readings: Epistle: Malachi 3: 1-4; Gospel: Luke 2: 22-32
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Feast of Purification of Mary

Composed:

Leipzig, 1727
1st performance (Solo Bass Version): February 2, 1727 - Leipzig
2nd performance (Solo Soprano Version): February 2, 1731 - Leipzig
3rd performance (Solo Soprano Version): 1735 - Leipzig
4th performance (Solo Bass Version): 1746-1747 - Leipzig
5th performance (Bass or Mezzo-soprano?): 1747-1748 - Leipzig

Text:

Christoph Birkmann

BWV 82 Text: German-1 | German-2 | German-6 (1) | German-6 (2) | German-6 (3) | German-6 (4) | German-7 (1) | German-7 (2) | German-7 (3) | German-7 (4) | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-5 | English-6 [BWV 82] | English-6 [BWV 82a] | English-8 | English-10 | English-13 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-1 | Dutch-6 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-2 | Hebrew-3 | Hebrew-4 | Hungarian-1 | Hungarian-2 | Hungarian-3 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-2 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Romanian-1 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8

Scoring:

Soloist: Bass, but Soprano or Alto can also sing it
Orchestra (for the Bass version): oboe, 2 violins, viola, organ, continuo
Version 1: Mvt. 1: Aria [B] | Mvt. 2: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 3: Aria [B] | Mvt. 4: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 5: Aria [B]
Version 2: Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria
Version 3: Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria
Version 4: Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria

BWV 82 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [1.35 MB] | Score BGA [2.52 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile):
Version 1: D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 114 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 54, Faszikel 1 [Bach Digital]
Version 2: D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 54, Faszikel 2 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 225 [2. Notenbüchlein der A. M. Bach, 1725] [Bach Digital]
Version 3: D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 54, Faszikel 3 [Bach Digital]
Version 4: D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 54, Faszikel 4 [Bach Digital]
Capella: Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 3 ver 2 | Mvt. 5 [cap]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 [MuseScore]
Reduced Instrumentation: Ich habe genung! | Violin Part
Annotated Score with Analysis: Complete Cantata [Unger]

References:

BWV 82=BWV 82.1, 82.2, 82.3 References: BGA: XX/1 | NBA: I/28.1 | BC: A 169 | Zwang: K 162 | First Published: BG, 1872 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Bach Digital (version 1) | Bach Digital (version 2) | Bach Digital (version 3)

Commentaries:

BWV 82 / BC A 169 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Bethlehem | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | IOPN Library Illinois | NBV-AOB | Bachipedia | Wikipedia
Nielsen [Danish] | AL [Dutch] | DW [Dutch] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]
Article: Text, music and performative interpretation in Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug [by U. Golomb]
Article: Sellars Staging [by U. Golomb]
Article: The Need for Bach: A discussion of his life, Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51 and Ich habe genung, BWV 82 [by S. Burton]

Music:

Music Examples


Contents

 

Discography

Discussions

Complete Recordings
Part 1: Complete Recordings 1900-1949 (3)
Part 2: Complete Recordings 1950-1959 (10)
Part 3: Complete Recordings 1960-1969 (16)
Part 4: Complete Recordings 1970-1979 (12)
Part 5: Complete Recordings 1980-1989 (23)
Part 6: Complete Recordings 1990-1999 (28)
Part 7: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 (45)
Part 8: Complete Recordings 2010-2019 (66)
Part 9: Complete Recordings 2020-2029 (74) = 277
Recordings of Individual Movements
Part 11: Individual Movements (49)
Part 12: Recitative & Aria for Soprano from Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein (20)

General Discussions:
Discussions - Part 1 (1st round: Week of Jan 31, 2000)
Discussions - Part 2
Discussions - Part 3
Discussions - Part 4
Discussions - Part 5
Discussions - Part 6
Discussions - Part 7 (2nd round: Week of Mar 16, 2008)
Discussions - Part 8 (3nd round: Week of Nov 11, 2012)
Discussions - Part 9 (4th round: Week of Mar 16, 2014)
BWV 508-523 Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein
Discussions of Individual Recordings:
Cantatas BWV 82, 83, 125, 200 - J.E. Gardiner
Cantatas BWV 49, 58 & 82 - S. Kuijken
Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - P.J. Leusink
Baker does Bach - Y. Menuhin & N. Marriner
D.F. Dieskau sings Bach - H. Rilling
C. Smith & Emmanuel Music w/ L. Hunt-Lieberson (Mezzo-soprano) - Cantatas BWV 82 & 199
Cantatas Vol. 38 - M. Suzuki
Bach Arias - A. Marcon w/ A. Kirchschlager

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (January 2000 - June 2026)

Cantata BWV 82: Ich habe genug (genung) for Feast of Purification of Mary (1727)
Details | Complete Recordings: 1900-1949 | 1950-1959 | 1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-2009 | 2010-2019 | 2020-2029 | Recitative & Aria for Soprano from Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | BWV 508-523 Anna Magdalena Notenbüchlein - General Discussions


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