Jack Hawes (1916-2004) was a British composer cellist and pianist. He wrote widely for choir orchestra strings and solo instruments and cited his influences as Walton Ireland Bliss Delius and Debussy. His first setting of the evening canticles the Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis in D was completed in 1955 and dedicated to the church of St Mary-Le-Tower Ipswich where he sang as a boy chorister and first began to study the organ. It is scored for SATB with Organ accompaniment and is firmly in the 20th century Anglican style with plenty of soaring melodic lines and big climatic moments.
