This is the middle piece of the Monochrome Trilogy (preceded by Refracted Black and followed by Titanium White). All three of these pieces deal with mental health to an extent, but Grayscale is the most intentional.
Grayscale seeks to embody depression. Not the overwhelming sadness or the zombie-like state it is often portrayed as, but the real thing. The empty state of being that has no relief. Not much happens in this piece, and that is intentional. A few small journeys are made, even an episode of anger, but we always end up back where we started, as if no progress was ever made at all. It is the loop, the trap, that makes depression so dangerous and hopeless.
Instrumentation: 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns, Divisi Strings
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