recital - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • perform: He will also perform a lunchtime recital at the Town House on Tuesday.
  • give: I would really like to be giving recitals around the world like Thomas Trotter.

Adjective modifier

  • inaugural: In 1982 I was booked to give the inaugural recital on a new Allen organ in a church in Nottinghamshire.
  • solo: In January 2004 he gave his Purcell Room debut with a solo recital for the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series.
  • classical: I did a classical recital in a nightclub, the Yellow Lounge, which was pretty wild.
  • acclaimed: In the 2002/2003 season, Genesis supported a series of critically acclaimed recitals at St John's, Smith Square, London.
  • instrumental: A flourishing Musical Society organizes choral, orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as instrumental recitals throughout the year.
  • musical: Later we sat to enjoy a musical recital played on an old cinema organ.

Modifies a noun

  • repertoire: They have also played for functions and events where small interludes of recital repertoire is required or alternatively as a background music duo.
  • debut: In March 2001 he made his Symphony Hall, Birmingham recital debut to critical acclaim.
  • disk: Ashley Wass made his debut recording in 1999 with a solo recital disk of works by Cesar Franck for Naxos.
  • hall: Gareth Newman was our guru for this occasion, in a fine recital hall.

Noun used with modifier

  • lunchtime: She also gives lunchtime piano recitals at her school.
  • piano: The audience at a piano recital does not consist entirely of pianists, or at an opera of operatic singers.
  • organ: Mr Gough will also be giving an organ recital on Sunday Nov 20th.
  • solo: His solo recitals have included Bach's Goldberg Variations at the Wigmore Hall.
  • duo: Together, they have performed duo recitals widely in Britain and overseas.
  • poetry: Note: A memory of a poetry recital in January 1914.

Preposition: in

  • preamble: This could be done perhaps by a suitable footnote reference against the Charter or other recital in the preamble.

Preposition: by

  • pianist: To bring the weekend to a close we have a talk by harpsichordist John Henry and a recital by a renowned pianist.

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