Roy Douglas - Cantilena. Sir Peter Markham Scott - Paintings.

“Cantilena“ by the British composer, Roy Douglas, is played in this recording by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones. The paintings are by Sir Peter Markham Scott. Taken from Wikipedia :- Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC & Bar, FRS, FZS, (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989), was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their rearing and breeding. He established the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 and helped found the World Wide Fund for Nature, the logo of which he designed. He was also a gliding and yachting enthusiast from an early age. He was part of the British sailing team that won a bronze medal in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. He was knighted in 1973 for his work in the conservation of wild animals and was also a recipient of the WWF Gold Medal and the J. Pa