(You who the name of Christ have taken) for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, transverse flute I+II, oboe I+II, strings und basso continuo

Cantata BWV 164 was first performed in Leipzig on the 13th Sunday after Trinity in 1725. Nevertheless, the work could easily be mistaken as a latecomer to Bach’s Weimar cantata oeuvre: the libretto is by Salomo Franck, there is no introductory chorus, and the flowing cantabile music is exquisitely orchestrated in chamber-music fashion.