'Ich habe genug'
('It is enough')
Relayed from The Guildhall School Of Music
The Wireless String Orchestra
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
No. 1. Aria:
It is enough. For now with mine eyes have I seen Thy salvation, Which Thou hast prepared for our consolation. He is the Redeemer and Saviour. Thy word I believe, And trusting Thy promise, my heart is at rest. Today should'st Thou call me, with gladness would I take my departure. It is enough.
No. 2. Recitative and Arioso:
It is enough! My trust is in the Lord, I know that He is mine, and I would be with Him; His promise I believe; thus shall I share with Simeon the joy of everlasting life, and in that hope shall I depart! For all the sins and errors of my life, dear Lord forgive me, Ah! in Thy mercy is my hope; with joy I bid the world farewell; It is enough!
No. 3. Aria:
Slumber on. Oh weary spirit softly calmly, take thy rest. World, farewell, no longer here I stay where my soul no peace can find, nought but sorrow, pain and anguish compass me about on ev'ry side. Here I must in sadness languish, but I know on my beloved Saviour's bosom there is rest.
No. 4. Recitative and Arioso:
My God! O let me now depart, My troubles o'er, my journey ended, In the cool earth let me be laid, the gentle earth from which I came. My farewell now is spoken.
World! good night.
No. 5. Aria:
With gladness will I now depart. My work is done, my journey ended. Therefore with joy I will depart.
My glad heart with joy shall sing, When I cast off the bonds which bind me.
The text is reprinted by permission of Messrs. Breitkopf and Hartel.
Cantatas for the next four Sundays are:
February 9, No. 19. -Â Es erhub sich ein Streit (A Tumult arose).
February 16, No. 106. -Â Gottes Zeit ist die allerbests Zeit
(God's time is The Best).
February 23, No. 126. -Â Erhalt' uns, Herr, bei delnem Wort
(Sustain us, Lord, by Thy blest word).
March 2, No. 127. - ÂHerr Jesu Christ, wahr'r Mensch und Gott
(Lord Jesu Christ, Thou Man and God).
