Elizabethan Serenade - The Ronald Binge Orchestra

The Ronald Binge orchestra .1953

[@MrDaiseymay]

Ronald BInge was a very shy, modest man, and an absolute musical genius. He was for instance- the man that arranged Mantovani's orchestra and was responsible for those amazing cascading strings, that many people thought were produced in the studio with gimmicks, and couldn't be reproduced live---WRONG ! as the millions who flocked to the live concerts around the world found out. But he was invovled in EVERY sphere, arranging , conducting, writing, every type of music. A humble Derbyshire lad .

[@johntassie5616]

I have loved Ronald Binge's "Elizabethan Serenade" since I was seven. This version, I think, is one of the best. It is at just the right speed, sensitively performed and beautifully treading that knife-edge between sentiment and optimism.

[@jaclynpeters3892]

I love all of these comments! So many are of childhood memories that are precious. And, my story is exactly the same. I have saved the vinyl that my parents owned. I was very young, but this record was played often, and one day I heard it in my head, at around 48 years old. My voice is terrible, but I tried to 'sing' it to my mother to see if she could tell me what it was. She went to her old album collection and pulled it out for me. I have it on my bookmark bar as I listen to it when I need to centre and return to a place that was not so complicated and chaotic. That is what this piece does for me...a return to a time in my childhood where I felt such love and peace...a simple place that can be captured best by music.

[@Kidraver555]

Perfectly paraphrased, thanks.

[@bkrharold]

When I was very young 7 or 8, my Mother bought a record of this piece for my birthday. I used to listen to it over and over on our record player, the kind that had a little needle and you had to wind it up. Alas she is gone now, but this music will always remind me of her. She was from Wales and had a beautiful singing voice.

[@johndevries7122]

Hello Harold,good to read that you remind your mother when you hear this record, I been a few times in Wales , it's very beautifull over there . I'm from Rotterdam ( The Netherlands )

[@littlebag123]

Wow when I was about the same age, my dad put this music on an old tape recorder, a reel to reel one, and I played it over and over. It always reminds me of mum and dad and brings back pictures in my mind, of me listening to this music and looking at my mum and dad. Still miss them after all them years.

[@trevorstuart7386]

That is such a lovely memory of your mum

[@ladyandreaelliotdenham]

my father played this on the piano,lovely childhood memories...he died last year,played this at his funeral

[@tonilindsey4743]

Beautiful :)

[@noreenmcdonagh3718]

I walked down the aisle to it, was on dvd player but still lovely...

[@lena-mariaglouis-charles7036]

💕

[@robroy8656]

Memories, oh memories. Listening to this beautiful piece of music I am transported back to the mid-fifties when I was about five years old. Brought up in post war Liverpool my Father used to get up at six o'clock in the morning before going to work and light the coal fire for the rest of the family to enjoy its benefits in their morning rush. He would sit me in the fireside chair observing his morning routine after feeding me my daily dose of porridge. Tuned in to the BBC Home service 'Elizabethan Serenade' was a regular item played in those 'educating' days and I am thankful for it, for its quintessentially 'English' melodies ironically remind me of my staunchly proud Liverpool roots

[@MrMal1956]

Your memories of this tune seem to be exactly the same as mine, my dad used to draw the fire with an old newspaper and even now the smell of scorched paper takes me back to Rugby (town) in the fifties.............M

[@trollmeistergeneral3467]

MrMal1956 My comments directed at Rob Roy apply equally to you, you working class peasant.

[@glennmorrison9242]

Rob Roy

[@glennmorrison9242]

Rob Roy Loved your post - very evocative. Thankyou.This musici reminds me of my earliest memories growing up on a rubber estate in Malaya. My Mum was from Liverpool (a war child evacuated out of the city to avoid the bombings ). Her stories of those dark days will stay with me always and I was fortunate enough to visit Liverpool in '89.My Auntie Betty still lived in a beautiful old house and garden on the Wirral surrounded by postwar blocks of flats. She told me even more stories of the olden days in Liverpool. Of course they're both gone now and I've spent all of my life since the early 60's here in Australia but I feel somehow connected to your part of the world - and music only reinforces that connection - all the best ...

[@jerryoshea3116]

I know it's 3yrs old,but I just wanted to give u a 👍 for ur reminicses .And even though i'm originally from down south in London..We also had a "Coal fire"So i can identify with some of ur observations. And I've often thought that "Scousers"definitely cultivated a certain mentality and "State of mind".Humourous and plegmatic,maybe because it was a tough place to live? .But anyway,nice words to beautiful piece of music..

[@user-qg6bd6jv8o]

A wonderful combination of music and old yellowed photos. Those people lived, worked, fought. All are dead now, but the city of Dublin stands still.

[@rajkumariejhilmeet4663]

this beautiful haunting arrangement is truly unforgettable. thank you You Tube for making such beauty accessible to the public

[@colinmcdonald8521]

Puzzled by the connection between this music - which I've always loved - and early 20th Century Dublin...

[@thachabre]

Reminds me more of late 50s/early 60s Dublin - signature tune of the Bradmola programme

[@johnnypintmonster]

It's a musical tour. No connection required.🍻

[@nicohuizenga3170]

I remember this music from mine child time on radio begin 1960 and was 6 years old and never forgot this wonderful music.

[@williamanderson6142]

Heard this often,on my grans old radio,never appreciated this piece then,how things change after youve lived a few years,almost makes me cry now,listening to it,i love it😥😪

[@TheMenon49]

My eyes are moist but I'm happy as I have wings and I'm flying as high as the clouds.......

[@Halloween1966]

This Song goes from the ears directly to the heart. Awesome.

[@ArnoBledd]

I don't really know what to say... I discovered this marvel only today, and I'm crying every time I listen to it...

[@Kidraver555]

You said it all, thanks.

[@MegaBigGayAl]

Reminds me of 1959 I had just started infant school and my father had bought a second hand television. When I got home from school I would sit with my Mother and baby Sister turn on the T.V. (Independent television) I.T.V. and couldn't wait for first programme to start it was about the second piece of music played after the test card and has implanted in my memory ever since. Makes me feel I'm so lucky to have such a happy childhood.

[@doreenmsnightingale7290]

Lovely, a great favourite of mine; a happy piece of music.

[@luxyaltz219]

Thank you ,totally agree and a huge fav of mine to

[@G6JPG]

Yes, theres not enough short, gentle, happy music. (Try some Kreizler, equally short and happy.)

[@luxyaltz219]

It was played a lot on the radio back in the 60s and prior to making this video back in 09 , I had to hum the tune to the shop assistant in the classical section of my record store to enable me to e put a name to it ... and he knew straight away . It's great that we can find the answers to stuff on the net in minutes and no doubt ,the Tesco advertisement dept knew they were onto a good thing when they used this in thier tv add .Thanks also for your nice comments missrinkypink

[@fishynathanfilms]

My junior school assemlies were always started with beautiful tunes like this one and some Bach overtures which have stuck in my head ever since. I am still grateful to my teachers and headmaster who blessed us in this way. The prayers and hymns stuck too. What a beautiful piece of music this is, and thank you.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This melody is so pleasant to the ears and heart that it makes me want to shed tears , and it fills me with wonder and joy , as if I were reunited with my late beloved mother . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵 There is something extraordinary in this performance

[@judithfrost1261]

Yes, you are right, it is like a therapy - very pleasant and calming. I especially love this melody sung by Karel Gott in Czech language (Alžbětinská serenáda) - it made my headache disappear. I have often thought that it would be ideal music for my beloved figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu who also comes from the Land of the Rising Sun. He would surely perform a beautiful programme with this music.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

@@judithfrost1261 Thank you so much to your wonderful comments Someday please come to Japan You will be astounded at all of Japan Good luck

[@annem9195]

It is a truly beautiful piece of music. My mum will celebrate her 100th birthday at the end of October & this lovely tune will be played on the day!. She was born in London but has been here in Aus since the late '50s. The memories of our loved ones are such a treasure.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

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[@annem9195]

@@shin-i-chikozima I’ll pass this on your kind words to my mum, it IS an achievement! She’s always enjoyed music, especially the more classical. I feel blessed that she introduced me to various genres of music & literature over time. She still believes in “life long learning” even at her age. Unfortunately she’s unable to read anymore, even large print books, & she tends to doze off if I read to her but that’s okay. I didn’t realise there were different emojis - they were lovely, thank you! I occasionally see the English language news from a Japanese outlet & the travel stories are fascinating. There’s so much variety, whether it’s food, scenery, handicrafts etc. Perhaps one day I’ll be able to experience your country & culture in person 🤞

[@BradBrassman]

I remember that they played this a lot on Sunday mornings in the sixties on two-way Family Favourites.

[@JJBushfan]

Heavens, Mr Brassman, you must be as old as me. I remember that, too. I loved this piece particularly, even as a child.

[@trudirosie4186]

I remember hearing this on the radio when I was young and I will always love it it made me think of Tudor ladies for some daft reason

[@philliphamilton3591]

Brings back wonderful memories of times and loved ones long gone. So beautiful it almost breaks one’s heart.

[@cukkey]

Thanks for this ,as a kid this music made me cry, now 45 years later I finally found it again and the memories, I'm 54 now and this music still does it, just superb

[@peteremmert8551]

The first time I heard this was on a local Northwest Public Radio classical radio program - which proves that classical music doesn't have to be centuries old to be a classic.

[@PaulReynoldsJammin]

i,ve been after this track for over 20 years hear it 1st at my cinema and fell in love with it,waiting for the film,never got the name and hear it again in some ones car 15 yrs ago but never got name again.was with a friend and got lucky year 2020 august 28th.we tuned into some opera for some cooling down from hearing pop. I got it and was nearly in tears,i told him week before i was after this track and thank god for this gift. my hunting for this is over.

[@PaulReynoldsJammin]

my god its actually over 40 years ago,was a 1980s film when i 1st hear it.

[@jean6872]

@@PaulReynoldsJammin Glad you found it. It is a treasure written by a man who understood ordinary people.

[@garyfarrell3344]

magic; just magic; thanks for this post

[@luxyaltz219]

Thank you Christine ,it seems to bring a lot of people back to a time in place during their lives who like yourself can't always pinpoint when or where .

[@bertusvanasselt4109]

I remember this music from the early sixties. We 've only got a radio and my father was a really musci lover. I have been searching a long time for this music. Mostly I listen one or more times a week to this wonderfull music.

[@orettrose9027]

This song takes me back to when I was a young boy growing up in jamaica back in the 1970, very nostalgic.

[@kevindaly3902]

I love Dublin it is a lovely place.

[@moinmoin8311]

I remember my dad turning this up every time it came on the radio, and me listening to it with him...how I miss those times.

[@frankjurga]

It's Saturday morning - I've got a shed to carry on building - roof joists are on - got a consultancy contract to carry on writing - I've got a VAT return to process for a client - I have a mortgage enquiry to place - I've got football fixtures to research - I can achieve anything I want now that I've had my morning fix - I think I'll listen to this one more time before I go.

[@inavrey-roodt4291]

Brings back wonderful memories of my childhood.

[@maestrodein]

My most Favorite Serenade of all time! It used to be my best recession music - mostly played by Uncle George our music director, (during holidays) - as a choir boy @ St. Agnes Anglican Church of Okrika Diocese, in Rivers State of Nigeria... I think it just got stuck somewhere there... I love it!! It's absolutely Brilliant!!!

[@ianwatkins5492]

agree on every count , my uncle used to listen to the cricket on the radio and this played out the programme

[@terryswann9078]

absolutely wonderful classic first heard this in hospital in 1959 aged 9 brings back memories of nurse Clark who looked after me.

[@jean6872]

This was Dorothy's favorite piece of music. She was as nice a person as one could meet. Elderly with white hair and still working as a housekeeper in Plymouth. There is something haunting in this music that touches the humanity of ordinary people. Ronald Binge was a gift to us all.

[@johnandrews2576]

This beautiful, haunting piece was actually originally named "Andante Cantabile" when it was first played by Mantovani's orchestra in 1951. It was later renamed for the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2in 1952.

[@DavidButcher007]

This is just perfect, like others here I have very fond memories of childhood listening with my grandparents to this on the radio. A world just after the war when summers lasted forever and hope was in the air. It has taken me 50 years to find out what its called, seems every time I hear it on the radio I miss the announcement.

[@juliejackson9487]

THE most beautiful piece of music ever composed!! Sooooo uplifting! Jules

[@patricknicol5968]

Beautiful .....Timeless music will never be forgotten......My daughter is playing this in the National Children Orchestra east region...so it will live on in our children and theres :) Di spite some peoples bad potty training :)

[@rodtemplar]

I remember around 1961 or so a TV program in england called "the house on the hill" and they played this at the beginning. One of the best tunes ever composed.

[@banjocracy]

This is a song from my childhood. It takes me back to the Davenport cinema in Stockport at the end of the 1960s. It was played in the interval in the middle of the film. My dad went down the aisle to get us tubs of ice-cream from the ice-cream lady. I looked round and saw a pretty pretty girl with long wavy hair descending the steps of the aisle. I looked a her, she looked at me. Elizabethan Serenade played... What I would give to relive that moment!

[@southernbiscuits1275]

I have loved this piece of music for years and years. This is my most favorite recording. SO beautiful!!

[@PurdyF100]

Very appropriate at present as a result of our Queens recent record achievement and therefore most surprised this beautiful piece has not yet been aired on Television as background music to the many films of Queen Elizabeth 11 currently being shown on TV

[@G6JPG]

Modern TV producers probably dont know when it was written, and assume first "Elizabethan". (Apparently Ronald Binge actually retitled it for her; it was originally just "Andante Cantabile" or something like that.)

[@sorr3nto]

Any birth is fantastic, but the birth of a Nation is something very special.

[@bigowl9408]

Being born in 1954 this lovely piece of light classical music, always takes me back to an England before the Chemicalisation of agriculture, where there were lots of wild life, bird song, green rolling country side and uncongested roads. Now as a nation we are in fear of all that being concreted over and this bright and optimistic music by Ronald Binge, will be lost upon future generations living in an over crowded island of lost opportunity to retain its natural environments.

[@lynbliss2662]

T Green Also born in 1954, this was often played as we filed into assembly at Primary School. It evokes a simpler way of life, sadly never to be recaptured.

[@davidstrickland3488]

+Lyn Bliss Mine too (Outwood Road Primary) got my liking of classical fro assembly!

[@mozzy747]

+Lyn Bliss never to be recaptured ? why ? all it needs is one, two or three people to say enough and that will start the ball rolling

[@lynbliss2662]

Perhaps when we run out of oil the tide will turn ...

[@alnet22]

+T Green ... "lost upon future generations...?" No. Multi-Billionaire Google's You Tube will keep a copy of it until "Thy Kingdom Commeth"....

[@cbak12sg]

I used to hear this lovely music a lot when I was little (born in 1957) without knowing the title. I was gobsmacked when a reggae version (called Elizabethan Reggae) was a hit.

[@williammitchell9974]

Mr Binges Arrangement Of Thee Exceptional ( Elizabethan Serenade) Is Beyond Thee Beyond🍀🌹🍀

[@maryford9651]

For my money the most beautiful piece of music written in the last 120 years

[@grahamschofield8730]

Beautiful piece of music...first heard as a young child with my Father...was at a cinema in centre of Manchester.. and whilst waiting for the main film to start..was mesmerized by the music...still remembered to this day..a favourite of mine..happy memories of Dad and Son time...

[@alanholmes373]

Great music brings back so many memories of those great years the sixty,s. Play it everyday and just sit listen and think of those great family years when you were just a kid getting a clip for getting your school trousers dirty, what kids these days could learn from just sitting down and listening to this magic music, many thanks to the uploader.

[@mozzy747]

Beautiful music from a beautiful land

[@frederic4108]

Thank you for this piece, it's the very arrangement I used to listen to when I was (very) young. Also, thanks to Pierre Marcel Ondher (the man in the radio station) and my dad (the man with the high fidelity, listening to the broadcast ;-)

[@bumble1612]

Vague memories of this playing on my parents GEC Radiogram, so beautiful to this day.

[@frankjurga]

I'm now spending a lot of time on You Tube catching up with all the fantastic rock, soul and pop music of the last 60 years but I have this saved to favourites and this music opens YT for me every time. 1950s England, cottage gardens, country lanes, thatched roofs, open top sports car - you can tell I'm a dreamer!

[@virtualspaniel]

This was played every May Day parade at my primary school in Sidcup, absolutely love it because it takes me right back to the early 60's.

[@markhenry6622]

Must have listened to this when I was so young that I do not remember. Cause it soothes me like no other!

[@luxyaltz219]

I'm glad to hear it was your mothers favorite piece of music chrisy and an sorry for your loss .I lost a sister myself just several weeks ago and my own mother in is hospital at the moment . x

[@musiccollector]

Love it! Great rendition!

[@frankjurga]

Never mind about the likes and dislikes. The gratifying stat is that this tune has been listened to - here - over 50,000 times in the last year. All hail luxyaltz219 whoever he may be.

[@johnc3403]

That's a beautiful set of old Dublin photos... go perfectly with the music

[@lamoyoucooke]

This brings back so many memories! I remember being at primary school when we had an inter house music competition and a friend and myself played this as a duet on descant recorders, and we won! If only I could go back to those days again:-(

[@leethomasdavis2603]

some people just don't appreciate beautiful music like this..!

[@CCCOwen]

This is lovely. I remember Elizabethan Serenade playing on the radio in the '50s and hearing it always makes me smile, as does Ronald Binge's 'Sailing By' played late at night on Radio 4 before the shipping forecast.

[@terryperring104]

Been humming this to people for ages-finally found a person who knew it. This is genius. And its written by the same person who wrote another gorgeous standard -'Sailing By'. Ronald Binge. I'm sure he would be more famous if he had a name like...''Klauss Ventman'' or something. I just think of cockney rhyming slang....

[@irenebishop7840]

A very beautiful and haunting piece of music. Remember back to the fifties when they played this piece for the Derring Do a religious program in Australia. Absolutely loved it.

[@donaldwingent8075]

This classic tune reflects the optimism of the New Elzabethan era commencing with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth the Second , on the 2 nd of June 1953 .Its timeless grace and beauty combined with its distinct innovative style mark it as a masterpiece in the world of light classical music .

[@G6JPG]

Apparently he retitled it for QE2 (he'd written it in about 1951).

[@harri1967a]

i often heard this song when i was child, i loved it very much however i did not the title of this song, until i met musician played on charles bridge. now i can hear this music every day, thank for posting

[@kazhilly]

When You listen to this version, You get more and more admiration for the Author Ronald Binge I think. What an Incredble fantasy and in-depth musical understanding this man must have had. I myself am pretty Worthless when it comes to chords and accompaniment which I am trying my hardest to Learn and Study. Thanks for posting this, and Please leave this on KZbin forever, it's GREAT.

[@KCGeno]

I, too, am familiar with this one from my mid-1960s childhood. My grandmother used to listen to the German-language radio show in Chicago (Deutschlandsender). They played this at least a couple of times every week.

[@john3775]

A bloody excellent piece of music. It evokes feelings and emotions -- and that' what music is "for".

[@gilljeffrey6432]

most beautiful piece of music

[@fishynathanfilms]

A truly beautiful and uplifting melody, and anyone who takes the trouble to dislike it must be a very unhappy person

[@4canspoon]

@ArnoBledd Isn't it beautiful? We had it on a 78 and I would fall asleep to it as a toddler. I cried the day it got broken - a vivid memory still - and it brings the tears back very easily.

[@jencros1]

It was lovely to hear this piece played at Harry and Meghan's royal wedding. Great choice.

[@48firefox]

one of my earliest memories of music . I would be about 6 years old at the time on holiday with my grandparents at a quest house in Rhyl, North Wales I remember it playing on the radio about 1953/4.

[@seanreillyireland]

Well, there you are: you explained it. And let me congratulate you on a gorgeous montage! Thanks again, Sean

[@pgoessnitzer]

Thank you for posting this tune, it really takes me back. Also thanks for the pics of Dublin, one of my favorite cities.

[@tommygeoghegan198]

Could listen to this forever.

[@xxLinzeyandBobbyxx]

I have a most gifted and talented daughter whose dancing especially ballet is breathtaking. I would so love to watch her float charmingly around the stage as i picture her beauty in my mind. How blessed I am to have such a precious child.

[@luxyaltz219]

Old as in decades old and yes ,it is by Ronald Binge .

[@JackieScottAmateurAuthor]

I love this music, I have a memory from my childhood of hearing this and as my education was sadly lacking, it took me years to match my memories to the music itself.

[@parrotchops]

I remember this too in the early 1960's and it brings back many memories of when I was a small child. Everyone was still alive then sigh...

[@MarikaNagylucskay]

Az Apósom kedvence: az Erzsébet szerenád , köszöntse az Erzsébeteket!!!

[@-danR]

The loveliest version of the lovliest air ever written.

[@tessah.137]

Been looking for this too long, and finally! Every weekday on Rediffusion at 1 PM, Olga Lope-Seal's intro music for the hour of Classical music. In Barbados...will live on in me. Thanks for uploading.

[@luxyaltz219]

Just the way tv advertising has gone with great pop,rock and classics but it does bring them to the masses and a new audience of listeners .Thanks Strangelycoloured .

[@Theoobovril]

Elizabethan Serenade, one of Ronald's greatest compositions, if not his best. Ronald actually did not have his own orchestra but when he composed this piece he was working with Mantovani along with Mantovani's orchestra and it was Mantovani who first played this piece. I highly suspect that this is Mantovani's orchestra, here, playing this for Mantovani had his own particular style when playing this piece.

[@peterfarrell2086]

Fantastic piece of music a true classic

[@peterdixon2127]

I love this tune. I remeber hearing when a German choir was singing the words to it. Ahh days of long agao.

[@ruzenakomlosova1952]

The best for me. I love this song

[@freddokuckelmann8502]

The song carries beautiful memories. The first time I heard this song was played on the radio, late 70's (Radio Gospel Voice-from Ethiopia) just before the daily scary news of Iddi Amin war with Tanzania.

[@stewartburton9639]

Looking through comments its great I too saw the ad the song took me back to my skinhead days but I love fish finger sarnies and now so do my boys with reggae reggae sauce

[@marilynr409]

I sing this is my choir al the way in the West Indies forty five year ago

[@mmabe7577]

Analogue era- when people had time for one another. Ah! the memories that make me proud to have first listened to this in my teens.

[@pandhalt]

Many thanks to Luxyaltz for compiling and uploading this very moving vid. There is a wonderful irony in the overlay of the images of the emergence of Dublin from its colonial oppression by its English overlord, past its struggle during the civil war ( excellent evocative photos of that sad conflict) to emerge in sunshine into the technicolour city we love so well, to the accompaniment of Ronald Binge's wonderful music.

[@timternet6730]

Brilliant!

[@luxyaltz219]

@MomOf3Beagles I am so glad you found it , this has so many memories for me to ,thank you again and god bless

[@71443360]

I hope this beautiful piece of music gets a new lease of life because of the TV ad. A musical masterpiece.

[@bart8462]

This is one of the most beautiful musical masterpieces ever written.Not of this earth

[@bigowl9408]

Always quintessentially English and always will be to my ears. It brings back memories of when England was green and full of rolling pasture land before the country became over crowded and the money men of greed moved in and concreted the place over.