command performance

Noun

Meaning

(archaic) A dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.

(idiomatic, by extension) A task, activity, or other assignment which one undertakes in order to satisfy someone in authority, such as an employer.

Examples

The intimate setting and quality acoustics of the library’s cozy amphitheater are like having a command performance just for you and a couple hundred of your fellow live music lovers. Source: Internet

Last Sunday evening, Live Music District treated a large audience to a live command performance by 2018 National Panorama (Large) champion bpTT Renegades and five artistes on Ariapita Avenue, Woodbrook. Source: Internet

Your elections coverage was a class act, a command performance and an absolute game changer. Source: Internet

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