Borders is the sixth release from the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra that is available in both stereo and immersive audio. Using a deep time perspective, composer Henning Sommerro chooses themes from myths and from European history. Three works for soloist and orchestra and three visions encounter resistance before they struggle forward to possible redemption and resolution. The first work is Solstice. The skald Sigvat Tordsson is on his way to the eternal city. It is just before the summer solstice, and the skald has time to reflect about important issues in his life and times–and to think about who to include in his visions. We are enticed further to Ostara, and the mysterious spring goddess of the same name. The sense of seriousness is heightened, and the last work gives the album’s title extra gravity.