{{Short description|Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach}} {{Infobox Bach composition | title = {{lang|de|Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet}} | bwv = 164 | type = Church cantata | image = Thomaskirche-1885.png | caption = Thomaskirche, Leipzig | occasion = 13th Sunday after Trinity | performed = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1725|08|26|df=y}}|location=Leipzig}} | movements = six | text_poet = Salomon Franck | chorale = Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn | vocal = {{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}} solo and choir | instrumental = {{hlist | 2 flauto traverso | 2 oboes | 2 violins | viola | continuo }} }} Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata '''{{lang|de|Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet}}''' (You, who call yourselves of Christ),<ref name="Dellal" /> '''{{abbr|BWV|Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (catalogue of Bach's works)}}{{nbsp}}164''' in Leipzig for the 13th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 26 August 1725.
== History and words ==
Bach wrote the cantata in his third year in Leipzig for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. He used a cantata text written by Salomon Franck in Weimar, published in {{lang|de|Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer}} in 1715,<ref name="Leonard" /> as he had done already in {{lang|de|''Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort'', BWV 168 |italic=unset}}, four weeks before.<ref name="Dürr" /> The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul's teaching on law and promise ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Galatians|chapter=3|verse=15|range=–22}}), and from the Gospel of Luke, the parable of the Good Samaritan ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Luke|chapter=10|verse=23|range=–37}}). The love of one's neighbour is the dominant theme of this cantata, whereas in the two preceding years the cantata texts of {{lang|de|''Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben'', BWV 77 |italic=unset}}, and {{lang|de|''Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'', BWV 33 |italic=unset}}, had stressed the equality of loving God and neighbour.<ref name="Dürr" /> The closing chorale is the fifth (and last) verse of Elisabeth Cruciger's hymn "{{langr|de|Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn}}" (1524).<ref name="chorale text" />
Bach first performed the cantata on 26 August 1725.<ref name="Dürr" />
== Scoring and structure ==
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:<ref name="Dürr" />
# Aria (tenor): {{langr|de|Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet}} # Recitative (bass): {{langr|de|Wir hören zwar, was selbst die Liebe spricht}} # Aria (alto): {{langr|de|Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen}} # Recitative (tenor): {{langr|de|Ach, schmelze doch durch deinen Liebesstrahl}} # Duet (soprano, bass): {{langr|de|Händen, die sich nicht verschließen}} # Chorale: {{langr|de|Ertöt uns durch dein Güte}}
== Music == The music for four soloists and a few instruments is essentially chamber music. Bach sets the arias in forms which deviate from the standard da capo aria. In the tenor aria the strings and the voice share a theme, which appears in two similar halves, A B A' B'. In the alto aria, accompanied by sighing motifs in the flutes, the second section is repeated rather than the first, A B B'. In the duet Bach achieves a quartet, adding to soprano and bass voice the high instruments in unison and the continuo. The text is presented in three sections and repeated completely in a fourth section, which imitates the first. The closing chorale is a four-part setting.<ref name="Dürr" />
== Recordings == * ''Die Bachkantate Vol. 49'', Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Edith Wiens, Julia Hamari, Lutz-Michael Harder, Walter Heldwein, Hänssler 1982 * ''J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9'', Gustav Leonhardt, Tölzer Knabenchor, Collegium Vocale Gent, Leonhardt-Consort, soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Edith Wiens, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Teldec 1987 * ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 6'', John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Keith, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Jonathan Brown, Soli Deo Gloria 2000 * ''J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 18'', Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2002 * ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 5'', Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Gerlinde Sämann, Petra Noskaiová, Jan Kobow, Dominik Wörner, Accent 2006 * ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 40'', Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooy, BIS 2007
== References == {{reflist | 30em | refs =
<ref name="Dellal">{{cite web | last = Dellal | first = Pamela | author-link = Pamela Dellal | url = https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-translations/bwv-164 | title = BWV 164 - "Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet" | publisher = Emmanuel Music | access-date = 7 September 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dürr">{{cite book | last = Dürr | first = Alfred | author-link = Alfred Dürr | title = Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach | year = 1981 | publisher = Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag | isbn = 3-423-04080-7 | volume = 1 | edition = 4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/427 427–430] | language = de | url = https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/427 }}</ref>
<ref name="Leonard">{{cite book | last = Leonard | first = James | url = {{AllMusic|class=work|id=c4055|pure_url=yes}} | title = Cantata No. 164, Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164 | publisher = allmusic.com | access-date = 22 August 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="chorale text">{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/Chorale114-Eng3.htm | title = Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn / Text and Translation of Chorale | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | year = 2009 | access-date = 4 February 2013 }}</ref>
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== Sources == * {{IMSLP2|work=Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164}} * [https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000199?lang=en Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet BWV 164; BC A 128 / Sacred cantata (13th Sunday after Trinity)] Bach Digital * [https://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV164.htm Cantata BWV 164 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet] history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, Bach Cantatas Website * [https://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV164.html BWV 164 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet] English translation, University of Vermont * [https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/cantatas/164.html BWV 164 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet] text, scoring, University of Alberta * [https://www.jsbachcantatas.com/documents/chapter-4-bwv-164 Chapter 4 BWV 164 Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet / You, who have taken Christ’s name.] Julian Mincham, 2010 * Luke Dahn: [https://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0164_6.htm BWV 164.6] bach-chorales.com
== External links == * [https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-164/ Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164]: performance by the Netherlands Bach Society (video and background information)
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