One might wonder what 19 musicians can bring to a piece intended for four forlorn voices, and here, less is truly more.

Llissa's next question came out in a small, forlorn voice.

Finally, as though coming to a most regrettable decision, he shook his head slowly and in a forlorn voice said, 'Hot water, mind?

Finally she raised a tear-streaked face, her voice forlorn between the hiccups.

A small forlorn voice I did not recognize said, "Travis?"

In a forlorn voice he said, "When're they coming back?"

They had not gone far when a forlorn voice called out of the mist: "Help me.

Ana sat with bowed head and spoke in a forlorn voice.

"He was very well drilled," Donna said, in what seemed to him an extraordinary forlorn voice.

It was a forlorn little voice, for all its unmistakable note of rejoicing.