They are particularly associated with contemporary music, and have given many first performances. They have given world premieres of music by Harrison Birtwistle, John Cage, Elliot Carter[?], Sofia Gubaidalina[?], Gyorgy Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis.
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