Ehulan Dehulan
Zou Ye has made arrangements for the children's chorus and a symphony orchestra. It doesn't quite have the exoticism of the original folk song but more familiar to the western ears.
Instrumentation: two flutes and piccolo,
two oboes (one doubling English horn), two
clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets,
three trombones, tuba, timpani, triangle,
suspended cymbal, cymbals, snare drum,
wood blocks, tambourine, castanets, Chinese
bass drum, harp, celesta, and strings
Lyrics of Ehulan, Dehulan
The colorful magpie has a long beak,
Jiawen Jiahui Leng.
Sisters-in-law stitch the shoes,
Jiawen, Jiahui, Leng.
The black crow has a long beak,
Jiawen, Jiahui, Leng.
Daughters-in-law are busy making shoes,
Jiawen, Jiahui, Leng.
Among the branches of the tree,
Jiawen, Jiahui, Leng,
A brocade handkerchief is waving,
Jiawen, Jiahui, Leng.
The Hulun Buir region - from which the members of the Quintessenso Mongolian Children's Choir originate - lies in the northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
of China, which borders Russia to the north and the Heilongjiang province of China to the east. It is a land of abundant natural resources, with the Hulun Buir Grassland
considered to be one of the most beautiful and pristine areas in China. It has more than more than 3,000 rivers and 500 lakes, and takes its name from the Hulun and the Buir, two that are named after the tragically separated young lovers' legend. These natural
resources have traditionally drawn nomadic herders, whose white yurts dot the landscape. Hulun Buir itself is a prefecture-level city with a population of 2.7million;
this is a diverse region, home to 32 ethnic groups, including the Oroqen, Ewenke, Daghur, Buryat, and Baerhu, all of which are represented in the Quintessenso
Mongolian Children's Choir.