Ich habe genug (original: Ich habe genung, English: 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, encountering the aged Simeon on whose canticle the libretto is based.
The piece is written for oboe, strings, basso continuo and bass soloist. Other versions exist for soprano (as BWV 82a) transposed from C minor to E minor with the oboe part replaced by flute and slightly altered. In modern practice, the bass part is sometimes replaced by an alto and the soprano is sometimes replaced by a tenor.
The piece is in five movements:
The first recitative and most of "Schlummert ein" (with a simple bass accompaniment) are found transcribed in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, transposed up a tenth so that they are singable by a low soprano, presumably done by Anna Magdalena Bach for her own use.
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