'Ich habe genug' ('It is enough')
KEITH FALKNER (bass)
ERNEST LUSH (harpsichord)
BERKELEY MASON (organ)
THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section C)
(Oboe and Strings)
(Led by Marie Wilson )
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
I. 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 I
II. Recitative and Arioso :
It is enough ! My trust in the Lord. I lenow 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 thu. hope shall I depart I 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 I in. 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.
IV. 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 I good night.
V. Aria:
With gladness will I now depart. My work is (lone, 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.
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