指揮: Maximilian Opll
Ensemble Continuum Wien
Johanna Rosa Falkinger, Soprano
Live Recording Konzerthaus Wien/Mozartsaal 15. Mai 2022
BWV 84 「われはわが命運に満ち足れり」
1. Aria Soprano. Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glücke,
2. Recitativo Soprano. Gott ist mir ja nichts schuldig,
3. Aria Soprano. Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot
4. Recitativo Soprano. Im Schweise meines Angesichts
5. Choral Ich leb indes in dir vergnuget (*コラール)
Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke (I am content with my fortune), BWV 84, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for soprano in Leipzig in 1727 for the Sunday Septuagesima, and led the first performance, probably on 9 February 1727.
Bach composed the work in his fourth year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The text is similar to a cantata text Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Stande (I am content with my position), which Picander published in 1728, but it is not certain that he wrote also the cantata text. Its thoughts about being content are in the spirit of the beginning Enlightenment, expressed in simple language. The closing chorale is the 12th stanza of the hymn "Wer weis, wie nahe mir mein Ende" by Amilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke is one of the few works which Bach called "Cantata" himself.
Bach structured the work in five movements, alternating arias and recitatives, and a closing chorale. The scoring requires only a small ensemble of a soprano soloist, three additional vocal parts for the chorale, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboe, strings and basso continuo. While the first aria is pensive and elegiac, the second aria is of dancing folk-like character.
Bach structured the cantata in five movements. A sequence of alternating arias and recitatives is concluded by a chorale. Bach scored the work for soprano soloist, a four-part choir only in the chorale, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboe (Ob), two violins (Vl), viola (Va), and basso continuo. The heading of the autograph score reads: "J.J. Dominica Septuagesimae Cantata", which means: "Jesus help. Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesima". Bach added a more precise extra page: "Dominica Septuages. / Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke / a / Soprano Solo e / 3 Ripieni / 1 Hautbois / 2 Violini / Viola / e Continuo / di / Joh:Seb:Bach".[3] The scoring is modest, appropriate for the weeks leading to Lent. The duration is given as about 16 minutes.
In the following table of the movements, the scoring follows the Neue Bach-Ausgabe.[6] The keys and time signatures are taken from the book on all cantatas by the Bach scholar Alfred Durr, using the symbol for common time (4/4). The continuo, playing throughout, is not shown.
1 Ich bin vergnugt mit meinem Glucke Picander Aria Soprano Ob 2Vl Va E minor 3/4
2 Gott ist mir ja nichts schuldig Picander Recitative Soprano common time
3 Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot Picander Aria Soprano Ob Vl G major 3/8
4 Im Schweise meines Angesichts Picander Recitative Soprano 2Vl Va common time
5 Ich leb indes in dir vergnuget Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Chorale SATB Ob 2Vl Va E minor common time