I wouldn't mind dying to this version. But in the BBC Shipping Forecast version, one of the double basses hits a clunker at the start of the last recap. I don't want to go to eternity not being able to unhear that !
Something quintessentially British about this. God bless us all. Sitting in my bed with my cat curled up beside me on a wet October night in Glasgow. Bliss. Sleep tight everybody!
In the middle of this Covid 19 thing, my Dad died this morning, my wife left me 11 months ago and we are in lockdown. But this reminds me of my younger life when I spent 10 years in the Royal Navy as a seaman, always went quiet on the bridge if you were on the First or Middle watch. Just so calming, like my world (the world?) hasnt gone to shit in a handbasket, as long as BBC R4 plays this every night then surely the earth is in its orbit and the sun will rise again.
I'm from the Devon coast, but live in NYC nowadays. I have my google home speaker set to stream BBC Radio 4 every night when the late shipping bulleting airs. It comes in at 7:45pm my time, as a marker that my day has ended, and my evening is now beginning. It always makes me feel nostalgic.
Lost count of the number of nights I've lain awake until `12:47 am just to listen to this followed by the Shipping ForecastSomehow it feels like all is right in the world for a few precious moments
I'm old enough that I'm not sure I can explain how I felt as a child any more. A tragedy in itself. On the rare occasions that I was awake at midnight when I was small, I'd wander out onto the landing - my dad always had Radio 4 on as he slept. I'd always hear "Sailing By", and know that all was well in the world, and that it was time to sleep.
My father used to sail alone and he says that when the water was calm like a mirror and they played this on the radio, it was the closest to an religous experience he ever came.
This is the Heavenly music that is played in Paradise when one gets there & finally sees his long-departed beloved awaiting him. ❤ My beloved departed just under two years ago & left me totally lost & heartbroken. She & I used to listen to it when we just met in 1967. God-- I miss her so much. It brings up memories of County Sligo, Ireland where she came from as a 20-year-old, farmer's daughter to bless me with her Divine companionship for the next fifty-two Heavenly years. I now await becoming Celestial Partners with her in the fulness of time! I cannot wait. And this Divine Music is us right down to the last musical note. Thank you, Mr. Binge, your great music has passed into Divinity.
As a Merchant Navy Officer and H.M.Coastguard Officer of some 40 yrs this beautiful music reminds me of days and nights at sea and ashore, The most calming tune ever composed that either heralded more doom, or deliverance from disaster. Rounding Lands End in a westerly 9 or 10, or worse, on an 800 ton coaster on it's beam ends as a 23 year old mate, picking the signal up off West Africa on the DF (Direction Finding) equipment on Radio 4 in later years on supertankers and bulk carriers, just to hear what was happening in Blighty, or get warning of what was to come, Europe bound, on long wave . Waking early for a long 12 hour winter night or day shift at Liverpool or Oban Coastguard MRSCs knowing there would be unpredictable calls for assistance. ....And knowing the weather that would cause it or affect us. The most evocative melody of all time. My colleagues would say the same.
I am a 55 year old man who has been listening to BBC World Service since I cannot remember. It was my father I picked the habit from. He listened to BBC Africa Service over the night time and as a child I got hooked on while in Africa. Since I have been living in the UK I carried with same behaviour. One night as I listened late into the night "this most extra-ordinary compilation sailing by hit me and it blew me away" I am now so glad I have been able to download it and listen to it endlessly. I hope other listeners find this tune timeless and soul-purifying. Thank you ever so much RONALD BINGE.
@@thomascarroll9556 YES ,CORRECT, i THINK THE MUSIC PUT ME HALF ASLEEP--I WAS, OF COURSE, THINKING OF 'DESERT ISLAND DISCS', AND ''SLEEPY LAGOON''. FIRST BROADCAST IN 1942. IT BECAME A HUGE HIT IN THE USA TOO, WITH WORDS ADDED, BING CROSBY HAD A NUMBER ONE WITH IT.
Sailing By was written in 1963 when the BBC commissioned several British composers to contribute some “library music” and its first public airing was as background music for a documentary about a balloon race.!Ten years later the Head of Presentation at Radio 4 was searching in the library for something to precede the shipping forecast,and found sailing by......( don’t forget,Ronald binge also wrote “Elizabethan serenade “)
In my humble opinion this is one of Britain's beloved melodies, I have emailed the proms to request it as one if their pieces for the last night. A melody filled with memories for so many over so many decades, we all have a story to tell in relation to this piece.
Had this played at my husband's funeral,he was in merchant navy 46yrs, always makes me feel sad at losing him,he used to listen to this on the bridge waiting for the weather forecast, wonderful memories.
Funeral today of my old friend Graham and Sailing By (late night shipping forecast theme tune) was played at the end. Lovely and moving end to a life. Sums him up perfectly with his love of life and messing about in boats. RIP Graham, Happy boating.
Today marks the second year since my mum died. Coincidentally, Sailing By was actually programmed and playing at the time -although we discovered this later. My mum adored this music and being a night owl, listened to this beautiful music for years. So much so, she requested it for her funeral. Mum was finally carried out to this gentle and calming piece. Unforgettable.
When I was a child and had a sleepover with my nanna she always had radio 4 on and I loved this at the close of radio 4 turning over to the World Service❤ life was better back then
I'm very glad 4,000 plus people are enjoying this video...I used to drift off to sleep every early morning to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48am before I started working 9 to 5 and became a non-night owl. I was walking along Seaford Cliffs in East Sussex recently and the music came into my head and it reminded me why I'm in love with the British coastline and the beauty of this piece.
This piece of music makes me ready to go asleep after that i only hear the first bit of the shipping forecast then im asleep .wish it was a longer piece
It is broadcast on BBC during the mariners’ traditional “radio-silence “ period which ends precisely at 00.48 hrs. (This was a practice introduced following the Titanic Inquiry)
They play it as an identifier signal. Sailors on boats will be tuning in on LW to pick up the shipping forecast so once they hear that music they know they've got the right station.
A beautiful piece of light music which most people will associate with boats and ships, but it was actually written at a Hot Air balloon festival in his native Derbyshire, got picked up, and rest is history. It's a wonderful piece especially for people in calm moments and babies at bedtime. Thank you for posting this wonderful light classic for us all to enjoy.
Lovely - brings back memories of the 60s,collecting my brother, who was in the navy, off the St Magnus or St Ninian at Kirkwall on a dark stormy December night, with the music drifting from the wheelhouses of fishing boats moored at the pier.
In March 1982,i was a resident at the Cardiff bute terrace YMCA and every night - i would listen to the Radio 4's Shipping Forecast theme before I Zzzzz 😴😴😴 and id know that all the sailors were safe journey hearing this...to this day onwards,i still love it to bits ❤️💓
Ronald Binge invented (I think) the cascading strings effect, where different notes of the melody are held and overlapped by different violins in order to create a reverberant and dreamlike sound. Mantovani also used this effect in his string music. Notably in Charmaine which was featured in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest'
I agree with many of the sentiments expressed. It's a wonderfully soothing piece of music - just the thing to listen to before falling asleep at night!
This music touched my soul, I love it, its dreamy soft and so relaxing... My dad listens to it on the radio so there's a childhood thing there I guess.. But it is beautiful 💕👏
@@MrDaiseymay i dont understand your comment, is this sarcasm, because if it is then you are a troll, and this beautiful piece of music called sailing bye which was made probably before you were born, is wasted on you. by contributing your best comment you have made yourself sound like a idiot . lets see how many likes your comment gets compared to mine in future fool.
Reminds me of the time I was sitting on the deck of a ferry crossing from Spain to England, going to visit my family for christmas after the absence due to the pandemic. The Sun was just going down , kissing the horizon, creating a Magnificent Sunset. Such a great tune to conjure up such a fond memory.
So beautiful, brings a tear to my eyes. I think of how brave my late husband was single handed sailing around the world, learning as he went along and more amazing was that he started in his late 60's.
This wonderful piece of music was with me during my lonely student life at London (Polytechnic of Central London) and Sheffield University in the mid 1980s. It bringa back all my memory of my three years students life in England. I hope the Covid 19 can be well controlled so that I can have another visit two these two cities. (Singapore)
I remember this from 40 years ago as Radio 4 closed for the night. Brilliant piece of music. Obviously much loved by a great many people. Well done Mr. Binge.
Was directed here by a great NPR program (All Things Considered) on the BBC shipping forecasts. Worth buying on iTunes! Paints such a vivid picture of calm water, gentle breeze and falling asleep hearing to the soothing tune... so haunting and melodious!
Theodore Thomas Have you heard of the World Radio Network? WRN1 broadcasts a selection of programmes from various English-language radio stations around the world (not all of them in English-speaking countries). I once heard WRN1 carrying Voice of America. The VoA programme was actually a discussion of the place of radio in international relations, and they were interviewing a guy from the BBC World Service. How incestuous can you get? (The BBC World Service chap said that Voice of America broadcasts in more languages, but the World Service has more local FM retransmitters, so gets to more places, if I remember rightly. It was a while ago.) I heard NPR's report. And a follow-up wherein the reporter visited some of the places mentioned in the forecast. TRiG.
Hi from Ireland have been a devoted listener of nighttime bbc radio 4 for about five years and when I first heard this piece of music, I felt so emotional and joyful at the same time and just had to Google its name and origin, it is the last thing I hear before nodding off ' thank you Mr Ronald Binge for creating this heavenly piece of music which when I close my eyes conjures up images of cherubs flying through the night - forever in your debt
Thank you Camilla. After I posted my message I actually found several other pieces of his music all wonderful. I didn't realise that he had his own orchestra as well so I had a lovely time listening to his music including the Elizabethan Serenade. Sooooo beautiful. I could listen to it for hours.
Our mum LOVED this piece and used to stay awake until 1am every morning to hear it on the wireless when the shipping forecast came on. We lost her in 2007, but every time this tune, comes on the radio - I know she is 'around' somewhere nearby when a big decision is needed or I am worried about something - strange but true!
Played this at my husbands funeral 5 years ago. Always listened to Radio 4 late at night we would fall asleep but waken when this started playing. Very p
My day starts with the switch from the BBC World Service to BBC Radio 4 at 05:20 and "Here is the shipping forecast, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency", panic sets in if I miss it.
This piece of music was written when I was a 1 year old boy and I've been listening to it late at night for pretty much all of my live. It's been pretty much one of the only constants in my 51 years on this planet and probably one of the reasons why I still have a will to live. The world seems to be turning to crap all around me and my health is failing but this little tune still makes me smile when I'm in bed at around midnight when it's played just before the shipping forecast..
The most beatiful piece of music I have ever listened to. I turn it on every time I use my computer. Does anyone know of any other music by Ronald Binge?
I like this particular version to the hope for a peaceful transition for the most recent passing of the King of Thailand.Kind Wishes, from Leeds. For a smooth transition.
GARYINLEEDS I have recently found out about this lovely song and fallen in love with it though in the US. My family came from Dewsbury over a hundred years ago to run woolen mills here in New England. Have been back to Leeds, etc. to visit the homeland many times and would love to live there. Aahhh-someday.
If this was the very last thing I heard in this life time, I would die a happy and contented man.
I wouldn't mind dying to this version. But in the BBC Shipping Forecast version, one of the double basses hits a clunker at the start of the last recap. I don't want to go to eternity not being able to unhear that !
Something quintessentially British about this. God bless us all. Sitting in my bed with my cat curled up beside me on a wet October night in Glasgow. Bliss. Sleep tight everybody!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful comment. Hope all's well, here in 2024, Robert.
Oh yes, England for ever blessings.
I used to have access to a little cottage in Scotland. This was my cue to go to bed.
I cry when thinking of times, and friends past. Please excuse me.
memories can be so sweet, yet can also destroy the soul.
No excuses needed, you are greatly loved.
Nostalgia, knowing those times and people are gone is the most painful thing in life . I am the same 🙌 xxxx
In the middle of this Covid 19 thing, my Dad died this morning, my wife left me 11 months ago and we are in lockdown. But this reminds me of my younger life when I spent 10 years in the Royal Navy as a seaman, always went quiet on the bridge if you were on the First or Middle watch. Just so calming, like my world (the world?) hasnt gone to shit in a handbasket, as long as BBC R4 plays this every night then surely the earth is in its orbit and the sun will rise again.
Thanks for your words, hope you're doing as well as possible during these difficult times
This does the same for many people, I'm sure. Wishing you all the best.
I’m really sorry to hear of the loss of your dad, and that your wife left you, and I wish you calm seas and happiness to come. Take care.
I'm so sorry to read of your loss of your dad, John & your wife leaving you. I hope you're doing better now. God Bless 😀.
I'm from the Devon coast, but live in NYC nowadays. I have my google home speaker set to stream BBC Radio 4 every night when the late shipping bulleting airs. It comes in at 7:45pm my time, as a marker that my day has ended, and my evening is now beginning. It always makes me feel nostalgic.
Lost count of the number of nights I've lain awake until `12:47 am just to listen to this followed by the Shipping ForecastSomehow it feels like all is right in the world for a few precious moments
A Victor Bell I love this music it helps me to get to sleep suffer with tinnitus its so relaxing
Things will turn out allright in the end my friend , things will turn out all right .
Listen to this every night when am in bed so relaxing.
Sleep time cuddling my grandmother in Barbados while she listened to the world service.
I'm old enough that I'm not sure I can explain how I felt as a child any more. A tragedy in itself.
On the rare occasions that I was awake at midnight when I was small, I'd wander out onto the landing - my dad always had Radio 4 on as he slept.
I'd always hear "Sailing By", and know that all was well in the world, and that it was time to sleep.
My father used to sail alone and he says that when the water was calm like a mirror and they played this on the radio, it was the closest to an religous experience he ever came.
I can't even, swim and get seasick looking at boats, yet I know he is right.
I hope Ronald Binge is looking down on us from above now that his piece of music has reached the level it deserves ....so simple, so charming.
I think and feel this every night before the shipping forecast after BBC midnight news 😊❤ no matter where I am in the world or time zone. 😊
Tune....not a song.
Piece of music. Not a tune.
This was played at my Grandma's funeral. She used to listen to it before going to sleep back in the day.. beautiful piece of music..
Great choice
God bless you and your grandma Kay.
38 and still listen at night
My Nan suddenly passed away on Friday and she has asked that this piece is played at her funeral too. It's lovely
I've told my husband,this has to play at my funeral,I love it
Bet he can't wait
@@davidevans4513 WELL HE COULD, BUY THE RECORD NOW, AND PLAY IT TILL HE 'POPS' ORF. HIMSELF.
This is the Heavenly music that is played in Paradise when one gets there & finally sees his long-departed beloved awaiting him. ❤ My beloved departed just under two years ago & left me totally lost & heartbroken. She & I used to listen to it when we just met in 1967. God-- I miss her so much. It brings up memories of County Sligo, Ireland where she came from as a 20-year-old, farmer's daughter to bless me with her Divine companionship for the next fifty-two Heavenly years. I now await becoming Celestial Partners with her in the fulness of time! I cannot wait. And this Divine Music is us right down to the last musical note. Thank you, Mr. Binge, your great music has passed into Divinity.
As a Merchant Navy Officer and H.M.Coastguard Officer of some 40 yrs this beautiful music reminds me of days and nights at sea and ashore, The most calming tune ever composed that either heralded more doom, or deliverance from disaster. Rounding Lands End in a westerly 9 or 10, or worse, on an 800 ton coaster on it's beam ends as a 23 year old mate, picking the signal up off West Africa on the DF (Direction Finding) equipment on Radio 4 in later years on supertankers and bulk carriers, just to hear what was happening in Blighty, or get warning of what was to come, Europe bound, on long wave . Waking early for a long 12 hour winter night or day shift at Liverpool or Oban Coastguard MRSCs knowing there would be unpredictable calls for assistance. ....And knowing the weather that would cause it or affect us. The most evocative melody of all time. My colleagues would say the same.
A truly magnificent song. Takes me back in time, 1968 when I was 5, happiest days of my life. God bless you Mr. Binge.
I am a 55 year old man who has been listening to BBC World Service since I cannot remember. It was my father I picked the habit from. He listened to BBC Africa Service over the night time and as a child I got hooked on while in Africa. Since I have been living in the UK I carried with same behaviour. One night as I listened late into the night "this most extra-ordinary compilation sailing by hit me and it blew me away" I am now so glad I have been able to download it and listen to it endlessly. I hope other listeners find this tune timeless and soul-purifying. Thank you ever so much RONALD BINGE.
Philip Croft false memory, it was only composed in 1963 by Ronald Binge.
Lovely!
Binge, one of the most underrated of English composers. A wonderful crafter of fine melodies.
@@thomascarroll9556 YES ,CORRECT, i THINK THE MUSIC PUT ME HALF ASLEEP--I WAS, OF COURSE, THINKING OF 'DESERT ISLAND DISCS', AND ''SLEEPY LAGOON''. FIRST BROADCAST IN 1942. IT BECAME A HUGE HIT IN THE USA TOO, WITH WORDS ADDED, BING CROSBY HAD A NUMBER ONE WITH IT.
wonderful, quintessentially British. A comfort blanket..
Why does this tune always bring a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye? Wonderful.
It does that to me also.
I think hearing it reminds me that the world I grew up in is changing around me, like it has always changed of course.
Spot on--we seek comfort in our past, even if it wasn't all great.
me too...
MEMORIES?
The times I've fallen asleep in my HGV whilst listening to this, waiting for a ferry....lol Part of my life for so many years.
Sailing By was written in 1963 when the BBC commissioned several British composers to contribute some “library music” and its first public airing was as background music for a documentary about a balloon race.!Ten years later the Head of Presentation at Radio 4 was searching in the library for something to precede the shipping forecast,and found sailing by......( don’t forget,Ronald binge also wrote “Elizabethan serenade “)
In my humble opinion this is one of Britain's beloved melodies, I have emailed the proms to request it as one if their pieces for the last night. A melody filled with memories for so many over so many decades, we all have a story to tell in relation to this piece.
Had this at my dads funeral, he was in the merchant navy for forty years. It was his 'theme tune'
Had this played at my husband's funeral,he was in merchant navy 46yrs, always makes me feel sad at losing him,he used to listen to this on the bridge waiting for the weather forecast, wonderful memories.
It’s the 1st piece of music I heard as a child in the mid 60s that made me cry
Funeral today of my old friend Graham and Sailing By (late night shipping forecast theme tune) was played at the end. Lovely and moving end to a life. Sums him up perfectly with his love of life and messing about in boats. RIP Graham, Happy boating.
Today marks the second year since my mum died. Coincidentally, Sailing By was actually programmed and playing at the time -although we discovered this later. My mum adored this music and being a night owl, listened to this beautiful music for years. So much so, she requested it for her funeral. Mum was finally carried out to this gentle and calming piece. Unforgettable.
Frankly, This is the most beautiful piece of music ever conceived. It's serene.
When I was a child and had a sleepover with my nanna she always had radio 4 on and I loved this at the close of radio 4 turning over to the World Service❤ life was better back then
Love this tune. It makes me feel safe and warm as I always hear it before the shipping forecast tucked up in bed..
It is one of the most relaxing pieces of music I have ever heard and so relaxing to listen to when one can't sleep.
I want this played at my funeral! This is such a fantastic and relaxing sound.Must remember to tell my family
Beautiful, so special to my husband and I who used to go to sleep to this piece of music and the shipping forecast after long days. Makes me cry.
This tune is forever! Makes me feel that are troubles are far away.
Sailed the world in the Merchant Navy with this a constant reminder of home. Still brings back memories.
I'm very glad 4,000 plus people are enjoying this video...I used to drift off to sleep every early morning to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48am before I started working 9 to 5 and became a non-night owl. I was walking along Seaford Cliffs in East Sussex recently and the music came into my head and it reminded me why I'm in love with the British coastline and the beauty of this piece.
I love Seaford. And the whole coastline there. Beautiful.
This piece of music makes me ready to go asleep after that i only hear the first bit of the shipping forecast then im asleep .wish it was a longer piece
Many times have I listened to this, sitting in a harbour on a sailing yacht, as a prelude to the 0030 shipping forcast, about to sail out into a gale
It is broadcast on BBC during the mariners’ traditional “radio-silence “ period which ends precisely at 00.48 hrs.
(This was a practice introduced following the Titanic Inquiry)
They play it as an identifier signal. Sailors on boats will be tuning in on LW to pick up the shipping forecast so once they hear that music they know they've got the right station.
Enthralling, Captivating, Beautiful. 🙏
A beautiful piece of light music which most people will associate with boats and ships, but it was actually written at a Hot Air balloon festival in his native Derbyshire, got picked up, and rest is history.
It's a wonderful piece especially for people in calm moments and babies at bedtime.
Thank you for posting this wonderful light classic for us all to enjoy.
Is that true can't find a truth about it on www
Lovely - brings back memories of the 60s,collecting my brother, who was in the navy, off the St Magnus or St Ninian at Kirkwall on a dark stormy December night, with the music drifting from the wheelhouses of fishing boats moored at the pier.
Always make me cry but i love it very much. Reminds me of my father who always listened to the shipping news. Lovely especially the end.
In March 1982,i was a resident at the Cardiff bute terrace YMCA and every night - i would listen to the Radio 4's Shipping Forecast theme before I Zzzzz 😴😴😴 and id know that all the sailors were safe journey hearing this...to this day onwards,i still love it to bits ❤️💓
What a magnificent piece of Music
Damn, this makes me cry, a longing for times gone by perhaps? Soooo beautiful.
I have lived in Oz for 12 years and this piece along with the lark ascending is something that i listen to when missing my old haunts in the Chilterns
Ronald Binge gave us something to feel as well as hear with this piece and "Elizabethan Serenade" Wonderful listening.
Ronald Binge invented (I think) the cascading strings effect, where different notes of the melody are held and overlapped by different violins in order to create a reverberant and dreamlike sound.
Mantovani also used this effect in his string music. Notably in Charmaine which was featured in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest'
Great ....Cannot described my feelings for this music
pulls at my heart strings
This reminds me so much of my father. Hear the song every night for more years than I can remember. Enjoy all xxx.
I agree with many of the sentiments expressed. It's a wonderfully soothing piece of music - just the thing to listen to before falling asleep at night!
Our brother Ken loved.this it was played at hese funeral so sad and so young keep sailing on by Ken
My darling sister introduced me to this most delightful piece of music. How I think of her whenever I hear it. A wonderful wonderful memory.
This music touched my soul, I love it, its dreamy soft and so relaxing...
My dad listens to it on the radio so there's a childhood thing there I guess..
But it is beautiful 💕👏
I love this piece of music
id always go to bed listening to bbc radio 4 and always looked forward to listening to sailing by even
I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO THE RADIO FOR ABOUT 8 YRS, I MUST MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT, AND START WITH THIS MUSIC , TONIGHT.
@@MrDaiseymay i dont understand your comment, is this sarcasm, because if it is then you are a troll, and this beautiful piece of music called sailing bye which was made probably before you were born, is wasted on you. by contributing your best comment you have made yourself sound like a idiot . lets see how many likes your comment gets compared to mine in future fool.
Reminds me of the time I was sitting on the deck of a ferry crossing from Spain to England, going to visit my family for christmas after the absence due to the pandemic. The Sun was just going down , kissing the horizon, creating a Magnificent Sunset. Such a great tune to conjure up such a fond memory.
So beautiful, brings a tear to my eyes. I think of how brave my late husband was single handed sailing around the world, learning as he went along and more amazing was that he started in his late 60's.
This wonderful piece of music was with me during my lonely student life at London (Polytechnic of Central London) and Sheffield University in the mid 1980s. It bringa back all my memory of my three years students life in England. I hope the Covid 19 can be well controlled so that I can have another visit two these two cities.
(Singapore)
"Lonely student life". That's awfully sad.
I remember this from 40 years ago as Radio 4 closed for the night. Brilliant piece of music. Obviously much loved by a great many people. Well done Mr. Binge.
Addicted to this music
in tears watching this....
Was directed here by a great NPR program (All Things Considered) on the BBC shipping forecasts. Worth buying on iTunes! Paints such a vivid picture of calm water, gentle breeze and falling asleep hearing to the soothing tune... so haunting and melodious!
Me too!
Theodore Thomas Have you heard of the World Radio Network? WRN1 broadcasts a selection of programmes from various English-language radio stations around the world (not all of them in English-speaking countries). I once heard WRN1 carrying Voice of America. The VoA programme was actually a discussion of the place of radio in international relations, and they were interviewing a guy from the BBC World Service. How incestuous can you get?
(The BBC World Service chap said that Voice of America broadcasts in more languages, but the World Service has more local FM retransmitters, so gets to more places, if I remember rightly. It was a while ago.)
I heard NPR's report. And a follow-up wherein the reporter visited some of the places mentioned in the forecast.
TRiG.
Hi from Ireland have been a devoted listener of nighttime bbc radio 4 for about five years and when I first heard this piece of music, I felt so emotional and joyful at the same time and just had to Google its name and origin, it is the last thing I hear before nodding off ' thank you Mr Ronald Binge for creating this heavenly piece of music which when I close my eyes conjures up images of cherubs flying through the night - forever in your debt
My favourite tune of the moment and perhaps forever
44 yrs of age single divorced and love radio4 late shipping forecast and mariner im certainly not.....just bliss
Played so beautifully!
I listen to this to help me wind down after a difficult day.
one of my all time fav tunes.
Reminds me of my childhood and holidays on the south coast.
Me to, also reminds me of last night when Radio 4 goes to world service.
Lyrical and the very best of light music but anything but light as this piece has such great depth .
Thank you Camilla. After I posted my message I actually found several other pieces of his music all wonderful. I didn't realise that he had his own orchestra as well so I had a lovely time listening to his music including the Elizabethan Serenade. Sooooo beautiful. I could listen to it for hours.
They played this as we said goodbye to my beautiful nan today she came into the room with this on. Goodbye nan you where amazing
Just like music from heaven.
Our mum LOVED this piece and used to stay awake until 1am every morning to hear it on the wireless when the shipping forecast came on. We lost her in 2007, but every time this tune, comes on the radio - I know she is 'around' somewhere nearby when a big decision is needed or I am worried about something - strange but true!
Played this at my husbands funeral 5 years ago. Always listened to Radio 4 late at night we would fall asleep but waken when this started playing. Very p
Soothing piece of music.
I close my eyes and I'm on an old sailing ship in blue waters passing sunshiny small sandy islands in the pacific
Lovely jubbly 🙏
A truly wonderful piece of music by Ronald Binge
Aaaaaaa !! Very beautifully composed Ronald Binge sailing by.
when i stay up, i listen to the 0048 hours shipping forecast on longwave on my roberts radio, just amazing
The wonderful John Wilson. We are from the same area and background. I’m so delighted at this success and wish him well in his future career.
My day starts with the switch from the BBC World Service to BBC Radio 4 at 05:20 and "Here is the shipping forecast, issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency", panic sets in if I miss it.
So evocative. Lovely memories
love the mood it creates
I love it as well
Viking, Forties, Dogger, Fisher, Sole and Bailey Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Humber, Thames and Shannon, Wight, Lundy, Fair Isle, Faeroes, Portland, Hebrides, South-East Iceland and Utsire ..................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Scilly Isles
'Fitzroy'
Falling slowly
Becoming cyclonic. Scilly automatic
It is my Favourite piece of. Music Thank you for this,x
My favourite piece of 20th century music.
Blissful ! Totally beautiful and transporting to a region of perfect peace and beauty
this tune is so calming it permeates the soul. blissful
This piece of music was written when I was a 1 year old boy and I've been listening to it late at night for pretty much all of my live. It's been pretty much one of the only constants in my 51 years on this planet and probably one of the reasons why I still have a will to live. The world seems to be turning to crap all around me and my health is failing but this little tune still makes me smile when I'm in bed at around midnight when it's played just before the shipping forecast..
i hope you are in a good place now
Absolutely gorgeous. Thankyou!
I just love this its just beautiful
I remember this music years ago. Totally forgotten about it until now. It’s so lovely 👍👍👍
Fantastic, a huge fave of mine. Thank you for posting this.
The most beatiful piece of music I have ever listened to. I turn it on every time I use my computer. Does anyone know of any other music by Ronald Binge?
His most famous piece of music was Elizabethan Serenade which is beautiful.
Beautiful.
I fall asleep to this every night its so relaxing,
Nice yo hear this again.
I like this particular version to the hope for a peaceful transition for the most recent passing of the King of Thailand.Kind Wishes, from Leeds. For a smooth transition.
GARYINLEEDS I have recently found out about this lovely song and fallen in love with it though in the US. My family came from Dewsbury over a hundred years ago to run woolen mills here in New England. Have been back to Leeds, etc. to visit the homeland many times and would love to live there. Aahhh-someday.
So beautiful
I used to stay awake every night to listen to it. Guaranteed a good nights sleep.
I want to sail home to heaven with this beautiful music serenading me all the way
Absolutely beautiful