Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164
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Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV 164 |
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| Church cantata by J. S. Bach | |
Thomaskirche, Leipzig
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| Occasion | 13th Sunday after Trinity |
| Performed | 26 August 1725: Leipzig |
| Movements | 6 |
| Cantata text | Salomon Franck |
| Chorale | Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn |
| Vocal | SATB solo and choir |
| Instrumental |
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Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet (You, who call yourselves of Christ),BWV 164, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1725 in Leipzig for the 13th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 26 August 1725.
Bach wrote the cantata in his third year in Leipzig for the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. He used a cantata text written by Salomon Franck in Weimar, published in Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer in 1715, as he had done already in Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168, four weeks before. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul's teaching on law and promise (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the parable of the Good Samaritan (). The love of one's neighbour is the dominant theme of this cantata, whereas in the two preceding years the cantata texts of Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, and Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, had stressed the equality of loving God and neighbour. The closing chorale is the fifth (and last) verse of Elisabeth Cruciger's hymn "Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn" (1524).
Bach first performed the cantata on 26 August 1725.
As in several other cantatas on words of Franck, the setting is intimate: soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, two flauto traverso, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. A four-part choir is only needed for the closing chorale, if at all. The cantata is in six movements:
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