Maria Mohn was commissioned to sing on KKV"s album number 500: Untested Freedoms. All the lyrics were written by Erik Hillestad, who has been the leader of KKV for almost 50 years. This was the voice he was looking for for the eleven lyrics he has written, which deal with everything from everyday vulnerability, the mysteries of youth and grief over brutal events in the world. Throughout the texts shines the hope that is rooted in Hillestad"s firm conviction that we all have access to God"s embrace. He foresees a heaven above our small lives, making them bigger, more meaningful. This certainty allows him to boldly invite people with him to untested freedoms. An artist with a beautiful voice singing melodious songs could easily become overly sweet. But Maria Mohn and producer Hillestad have chosen musicians who add a lot of punch to the project. David Wallumrod (keyboards), Erland Dahlen (drums and saw), Jo Berger Myhre (bass) and Åsbjorg Ryeng (bandoneon) have done their part to ensure that the result is anything but saccharine. Some of the songs are very personal to Hillestad, such as songs for his children Maria and Oystein, for his mother Sigrid"s funeral and for grandfather Sigvard Engeset"s melodies. Most of them have also been published on sheet music in the songbook Uprovde friheter, which was published this summer by Cantando Musikkforlag. The recording was made by Hillestad himself in Kulturkirken Jakob.