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Grupa nastavlja da traga za saradnjom sa živim kompozitorima, desto и orkestarskom kontekstu. Sa Londonskom filharmonijom i Kentom Naganom su 1999. premijerno izveli Miroirs des Temps Unsuk On . Iste godine je Quickening Džejmsa Mekmilana, delo koje su zajednički naručili BBC i Filadelfijski orkestar, imalo premijeru na kanalu BBC Proms. Sa Lorinom Mazelom i Njujorskom filharmonijom izveli su svetsku premijeru Treée simfonije Stivena Hartkea, a zatim je premijerno izveli и Evropi sa Orkestrom Radio Sabrikena iz Kajzerskauterna i Kristofom Popenom. Saradivali su i sa Minhenskim kamernim orkestrom na novom delu Erki-Svena Tjura. Sa Drezdenskom filharmonijom udružili su snage 2007. da bi premijerno izveli Nunc Dimittis, ruskog kompozitora Aleksandra Raskatova, takođe snimljeno za ECM. Sa Arditi kvartetom su se udružili 2009. da bi izveli jedno veoma značajno novo delo Et Lux, Volfganga Rima. Nova faza je za ansambl počela avgusta 2008. na Edinburškom međunarodnom festivalu sa projektom muzičkog pozorišta Hajnera Gebelsa u produkdji Teatarom Vidi Lozana: Došao

The group continues in its quest to forge relationships with living composers, often in an orchestral context, in 1999, they premiered Miroirs des Temps by Unsuk Chin with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Kent Nagano. In the same year, James MacMillan's Quickening, commissioned jointly by the BBC and the Philadelphia Orchestra, was premiered at the BBC Proms. With Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic, they performed the world premiere of Stephen Hartke’s 3rd Symphony which was subsequently premiered in Europe by the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and Christoph Poppen. They have also collaborated with the Munich Chamber Orchestra with a new work by Erkki-Sven Tüür. In 2007 they joined forces with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra to premiere Nunc Dimittis by the Russian composer Alexander Raskatov, also recording this for ECM. In 2009 they joined forces with the Arditti Quartet for a sunbstantial new work, Et Lux by Wolfgang Rihm. A new development for the group began in August 2008 with the premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival of a music

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