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The Story of the Wolf Tone
A wolf tone is an acoustic disturbance, a “howling” sound made by bowed string instruments. Its name refers to the wolf fifth, an interval perceived as very dissonant that was shunned in Western music for a long time and has been eliminated in today’s standardized tuning. Using this sonic outsider as a point of departure, Augustin Maurs looks at what is excluded from harmonic music and harmonic societies in his musical performance. He draws upon the cultural history of the wolf as a symbol of fear, deviation, and resistance—from the myth of Lycaon via Disney villains to current political fearmongering.
In English and German with English subtitles
Duration: ca. 80 min.
Concept and music: Augustin Maurs / The Friends of the Wolftone
Soprano: Corina Koller
Ney: Hamzeh Hassan
Schallfeld Ensemble
Recorders: Gobi Drab
Piano: Ana Ostojic
Violin: Lorenzo Derinni
Cello: Anna Grenzner
Double bass and theremin: Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka
Choir: Grazer Universitätchor
Choirmaster: Matthias Unterkofler
Wolf images: Annika Larsson
Production assistance: Lena Chalupka
Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’25
Foto: Annika Larsson