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recitals

  • plural
    of recital.
    recital
    noun
    a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.

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That means the absence is not only felt physically, missing birthdays, school recitals, and holidays like Father's Day, but also emotionally.

From BBC May 23, 2026

No one likes those organ recitals about doctors missing critical signs and symptoms because they didn’t dig deep enough.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

Her father had toured the world, performing on cruise ships as well as giving piano recitals at country hotels, but like many others switched careers to help with the war effort after 1939.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2025

There were decades of traveling the world giving improvisatory keyboard recitals that sometimes included all-night organ recitals in Gothic French cathedrals.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2025

Root played impromptu recitals on a rented piano.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson