Pretoria Bach Choir – Easter Concert
Soloist: Hendré van Zyl (bass)
Conductor: Gerben Grooten

Sunday 3 April 2011
ZK Matthews Auditorium
UNISA Muckleneuk Campus
Tickets: Computicket
Secure parking

AND

Sunday 10 April 2011
Johannesgemeinde
Willows
Tickets: At the door

J.S. Bach's aria ‘Ich habe genug’ from his Cantata BWV 82, will be performed by South African bass baritone Hendré van Zyl who devotes his time mainly to the performance of sacred works from the Baroque and Classical periods.

Notes:

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:
Aria: "Ich habe genug"
Recitative: "Ich habe genug"
Aria: "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" ("Fall asleep, you weary eyes")
Recitative: "Mein Gott! wenn kömmt das schöne: Nun!" ("My God, when will the lovely word come: 'Now!'")
Aria: "Ich freue mich auf meinen Tod" ("I look forward to my death")
Source: Wikipedia