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recital
[ ri-sahyt-l ]
noun
- a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- a similar entertainment in a field other than music:
a dance recital.
- a program or concert by dance or music students to demonstrate their achievements or progress.
- an act or instance of reciting.
- a formal or public delivery of something memorized.
- a detailed statement.
- an account, narrative, or description:
He gave a recital of the things he'd been doing since we'd last seen him.
recital
/ ɪˈɪə /
noun
- a musical performance by a soloist or soloists Compare concert
- the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared
- an account, narration, or description
- a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc
- often plural law the preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·a· noun
- ԴDzr·a noun adjective
- r·a noun
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Example Sentences
It’s been a while since he’s been back to L.A., but the Los Angeles Philharmonic presents his first recital in more than a decade for a program of Bach, Chopin and Shostakovich.
Demand for the superstar pianists’ recital was such that Wednesday’s sold-out performance led the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which presented the concert, to add a second date.
He turned his recital hall into a lecture hall, as he describes it, and started offering travel courses and self-publishing his first book, "Europe Through the Back Door."
Though they did most of their lessons on the Yamaha, Chung decided she would let them play the grand as a reward for learning their pieces and for recitals.
For their local appearances, Malofeev played a recital in the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall as part of the UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures series.
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