J.S. Bach -Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (c. 1708) {Jan Jansen, Dom Utrecht}

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (c. 1708?)
Copyist: Johannes Ringk (1717–1778)

Jan Jansen at the organ of the Dom Cathedral, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Johannes Ringk, or Ringck (26 June 1717 – 24 August 1778) was a German composer and organist.

He was born in Frankenhain, in present-day Thuringia, and studied organ with Johann Peter Kellner in Gräfenroda and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel in Gotha. From 1740, he was a music teacher in Berlin, and in 1754 he was appointed organist of the Marienkirche, where he remained until his death. Contemporaries held a high opinion of his organ playing and ability at fugal extemporization.

He composed organ works, concertos and possibly an opera, but is most remembered today for the numerous copies he made, often the only ones now remaining, of works by more notable composers. Amongst these copies in his hand are Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 and the oldest copy of the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. It is possible that the copies were made from versions in Kellner's collection, who was a pupil of Bach. The copies in Kellner's collection, which were made about 1725, are today one of the most important sources of Bach's work. Many theorize that it was in fact Ringk who wrote Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

an Jansen (born 1946 in Ermelo) is a Dutch organist. From 1987 to mid-2011 he was the organist of the Dom of Utrecht. At his farewell on 14 May 2011, he was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.

He studied organ with Cor Kee, piano with Gérard van Blerk and harpsichord with Leni van der Lee at the Utrecht Conservatory, where he was active as a theory teacher. In 1966 he won the Chorale Prize at the National Organ Improvisation Competition in Bolsward. In 1970 he was awarded the highest Dutch award for organ playing, the Prix d'Excellence.

Jansen comes from a musical family and his children continue that tradition: he is the father of violinist Janine Jansen, cellist Maarten Jansen and organist David Jansen. He has been a major influence on their love of performing chamber music. From the beginning, he has also been a participant in the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, of which his daughter Janine is the artistic director. His father-in-law was the cantor, organist, composer Maarten Kooy (1927-2013)

Bartje Bartmans:
I had my first piano lessons from Jan and just like him, I took my piano major with Gerard van Blerk at the Royal Conservatory of Music in the Hague. Jan was an amazing musician, he graduated cum laude for piano, organ and harspischord. In the room where he taught piano lessons there was also a house pipe organ and a harpsichord. One day he played for me excerpts from the Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord, went to the organ and played Volumina by Ligeti and after that played the piano sonata by Willem Pijper on the piano. His teachings, playing and performances had a profound impact on my musical career.