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.

@calvinbarnes841

4 ай бұрын

memories can be so sweet, yet can also destroy the soul.

@MalcolmBrownie-bf8uw

3 ай бұрын

No excuses needed, you are greatly loved.

@maddannafizz

2 ай бұрын

Nostalgia, knowing those times and people are gone is the most painful thing in life . I am the same 🙌 xxxx

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!

@suecope1923

3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤

If this was the very last thing I heard in this life time, I would die a happy and contented man.

@gdj6298

Ай бұрын

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 !

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.

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.

@TheIanoTube

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your words, hope you're doing as well as possible during these difficult times

@marthadixon2586

3 жыл бұрын

This does the same for many people, I'm sure. Wishing you all the best.

@janeb3039

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@cyclewithpride

3 жыл бұрын

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 😀.

@Creaturesfarley

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Sleep time cuddling my grandmother in Barbados while she listened to the world service.

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

@annerowson5748

4 жыл бұрын

A Victor Bell I love this music it helps me to get to sleep suffer with tinnitus its so relaxing

@doughoward6401

3 жыл бұрын

Things will turn out allright in the end my friend , things will turn out all right .

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.

@jamesrobert4106

Жыл бұрын

I can't even, swim and get seasick looking at boats, yet I know he is right.

I've told my husband,this has to play at my funeral,I love it

@davidevans4513

5 жыл бұрын

Bet he can't wait

@MrDaiseymay

18 күн бұрын

@@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.

I hope Ronald Binge is looking down on us from above now that his tune has reached the level it deserves ....so simple, so charming.

@monabutterfield6479

11 ай бұрын

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. 😊

@Grinder-one

10 күн бұрын

Tune....not a song.

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 ❤️💓

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 “)

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.

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..

@MrDaiseymay

6 жыл бұрын

Great choice

@barrycracknell8543

4 жыл бұрын

God bless you and your grandma Kay.

@vintage1950

3 жыл бұрын

38 and still listen at night

@amyscullard6975

3 жыл бұрын

My Nan suddenly passed away on Friday and she has asked that this piece is played at her funeral too. It's lovely

Had this at my dads funeral, he was in the merchant navy for forty years. It was his 'theme tune'

@sandrajones9907

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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.

Frankly, This is the most beautiful piece of music ever conceived. It's serene.

BACK WHEN PEOPLE RESPECTED, AND WERE PROUD, OF OUR BBC.

Love this tune. It makes me feel safe and warm as I always hear it before the shipping forecast tucked up in bed..

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.

This tune is forever! Makes me feel that are troubles are far away.

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.

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

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Croft false memory, it was only composed in 1963 by Ronald Binge.

@davidmackie8552

6 жыл бұрын

Lovely!

@eugenefarrar1959

5 жыл бұрын

Binge, one of the most underrated of English composers. A wonderful crafter of fine melodies.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@trishanderson4676

2 жыл бұрын

wonderful, quintessentially British. A comfort blanket..

Enthralling, Captivating, Beautiful. 🙏

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

Why does this tune always bring a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye? Wonderful.

@30annden

8 жыл бұрын

It does that to me also.

@Mike8981

7 жыл бұрын

I think hearing it reminds me that the world I grew up in is changing around me, like it has always changed of course.

@MrDaiseymay

7 жыл бұрын

Spot on--we seek comfort in our past, even if it wasn't all great.

@B.H.56

6 жыл бұрын

me too...

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

MEMORIES?

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

Sailed the world in the Merchant Navy with this a constant reminder of home. Still brings back memories.

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.

@gwynjordan7353

2 жыл бұрын

I want this played at my funeral! This is such a fantastic and relaxing sound.Must remember to tell my family

44 yrs of age single divorced and love radio4 late shipping forecast and mariner im certainly not.....just bliss

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.

@hollyandersonsmusic3226

5 жыл бұрын

I love Seaford. And the whole coastline there. Beautiful.

pulls at my heart strings

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.

Damn, this makes me cry, a longing for times gone by perhaps? Soooo beautiful.

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.

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)

@mrrandomperson3106

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

in tears watching this....

Great ....Cannot described my feelings for this music

The Nation’s lullaby.

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

WELL SAID

Ronald Binge gave us something to feel as well as hear with this piece and "Elizabethan Serenade" Wonderful listening.

Addicted to this music

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.

@richardchambers7773

5 жыл бұрын

Is that true can't find a truth about it on www

This reminds me so much of my father. Hear the song every night for more years than I can remember. Enjoy all xxx.

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

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO THE RADIO FOR ABOUT 8 YRS, I MUST MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT, AND START WITH THIS MUSIC , TONIGHT.

@oo_rahh

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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 💕👏

Lyrical and the very best of light music but anything but light as this piece has such great depth .

I love it as well

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.

Just like music from heaven.

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.

My favourite tune of the moment and perhaps forever

Played so beautifully!

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!

@denniswalker5681

3 жыл бұрын

Our brother Ken loved.this it was played at hese funeral so sad and so young keep sailing on by Ken

who would've thought the whole orchestra could fit into that little set

I listen to this to help me wind down after a difficult day.

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

@neilbain8736

5 жыл бұрын

Scilly Isles

@chocknog5763

4 жыл бұрын

'Fitzroy'

@FROBcom

4 жыл бұрын

Falling slowly

@michaeloliver8171

3 жыл бұрын

Becoming cyclonic. Scilly automatic

one of my all time fav tunes.

Aaaaaaa !! Very beautifully composed Ronald Binge sailing by.

Lovely jubbly 🙏

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..

@irenemccallum9115

4 жыл бұрын

i hope you are in a good place now

I fall asleep to this every night its so relaxing,

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

someone said that flower duet was like waiting in heaven for god to call you in, this is what god would be listening to when you arrive

Absolutely beautiful

Reminds me of my childhood and holidays on the south coast.

@Nigel1505

7 жыл бұрын

Me to, also reminds me of last night when Radio 4 goes to world service.

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.

Most Beautiful Music -Got it on my phone ringer - That's why I don't answer the phone -cuts out spam calls -LOL

Beautiful.

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 seems to bring the best out of people. Check the comments below. They are warm/evocative/positive. I too find it very moving. I have no idea why.

Absolutely gorgeous. Thankyou!

P.M (radio 4, not Bo-Jo) played this today after the latest Covid 19 focussed hour of transmission. Instantly felt better. Thank you BBC, but most especially the person who thought of that.

love the mood it creates

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

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.

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!

@sheilabrammer5432

2 жыл бұрын

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

@sheilabrammer5432

2 жыл бұрын

Soothing piece of music.

A truly wonderful piece of music by Ronald Binge

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'

Wonderful.

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)

@MrMikomi

Жыл бұрын

"Lonely student life". That's awfully sad.

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!

@2natw

10 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@qwertyTRiG

9 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

Music for sailing a Norfolk wherry, brilliant.

Nice yo hear this again.

I used to stay awake every night to listen to it. Guaranteed a good nights sleep.

I just love this its just beautiful

So evocative. Lovely memories

Fantastic, a huge fave of mine. Thank you for posting this.

Thank you for posting this.

This song is so sweet, lovely, hopeful. Wedding processional.

this tune is so calming it permeates the soul. blissful

My favourite piece of 20th century music.

Aaah, it is so reassuring, i love it.

This is so Amazingly Incredible 😭