Accompanied by his own Baroque music ensemble Le Banquet Céleste, the French countertenor Damien Guillon sings cantatas from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Ich habe genug, BWV 82, and Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 . Guillon also conducts the orchestra.
Programme
Cantata: Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Ich habe genug (original: Ich habe genung, English: “I have enough” or “I am content”), BWV 82, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. 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 work is often performed and the most frequently recorded of all the Bach cantatas.
Structure
With starting times in the video:
- 00:57 – Aria: Ich habe genug, ich habe den heiland
- 07:59 – Recitativo: Ich habe genug! Mein trost ist nur allein
- 09:10 – Aria: Schlummert ein, ihr matten augen
- 19:45 – Recitativo: Mein gott! Wenn kommt das schöne: nun!
- 20:32 – Aria: Ich freue mich auf meinen tod
Cantata: Vergnügte ruh, beliebte seelenlust, BWV 170
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (Delightful rest, beloved pleasure of the soul), BWV 170, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for alto in Leipzig for the sixth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 28 July 1726.
Structure
With starting times in the video:
- 25:02 – Aria: Vergnügte ruh, beliebte seelenlust
- 31:27 – Recitativo: Die welt, das sündenhaus
- 32:45 – Aria: Wie jammern nich doch die verkehrten herzen
- 40:56 – Recitativo: Wer sollte sich demnach
- 42:05 – Aria: Mir ekelt, mehr zu leben
Encore
50:46 – Aria: Vergnügte ruh, beliebte seelenlust
Sources
- Ich habe genug, BWV 82 on Wikipedia
- Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 on Wikipedia
