All 10 Uses

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If I Stay
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I have had nightmares before—falling nightmares, playing-a-cello-recital-without-knowing-the-music nightmares, breakup-with-Adam nightmares—but I have always been able to command myself to open my eyes, to lift my head from the pillow, to halt the horror movie playing behind my closed lids.†
Chpt 2

recital = performance
I played my first recital when I was ten.
Chpt 3 *
My first recital, though, was years before I met her.†
Chpt 3
I've got a dandy of a recital present for you.†
Chpt 3
And after the recital, I got my present.†
Chpt 3
And maybe this was why even though Adam willingly submitted to Schubert symphonies and attended any recital I gave, bringing me stargazer lilies, my favorite flower, I'd still rather have gone to the dentist than to one of his shows.†
Chpt 9
And when I gave a concert or recital, it was alone, on a stage, my cello, myself, and an audience.†
Chpt 11
I planned to trail off quietly, by cutting back my obsessive practices, not giving recitals.†
Chpt 11

recitals = performances
First no recitals.†
Chpt 11
I am sitting with my cello, the one Mom and Dad gave me after my first recital.†
Chpt 17

recital = performance

Definitions:

(1) (recital)
a performance such as music, dance, or a poetry reading

A music recital is usually done solo or with a single accompanist. A dance recital may include many dancers.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, recital can be used in the sense of something that was recited (said aloud), or said in detail. In law, recital has a specialized meaning that references introductory or preliminary information giving the reasons for what follows.