The phrase "a commemorative performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a performance that is intended to honor or remember a particular event, person, or group.
Example: "The theater will host a commemorative performance to celebrate the anniversary of the historic event."
Alternatives: "a tribute performance" or "a memorial performance".
A commemorative performance was staged at the Royal Albert Hall in London to mark the 50th anniversary of the premiere.
The Cunningham company gave its first posthumous performance last year in Rockefeller Park, in Battery Park City, and that's where the River to River Festival observed his death this year by presenting a commemorative performance called "We Give Ourselves Away at Every Moment: An Event for Merce," featuring work by five choreographers.
In 1963, 50 years after the premiere, Monteux (then aged 88) agreed to conduct a commemorative performance at London's Royal Albert Hall.
The Usedom Music Festival, already out of the way, opened its season last weekend with a major commemorative performance of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem" in this village at the northern tip of the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea, within shouting distance of Poland.
The parks series is back this summer after the Philharmonic chose to do other projects instead last summer, including playing for the tenor Andrea Bocelli in a free Central Park concert and giving a Sept. 11 commemorative performance.
As a small group of Abbado's relatives, including two of his children, looked on, Barenboim, La Scala's current music director, appeared quietly moved as the commemorative performance ended after about 20 minutes to dignified applause from the piazza.
It will be followed by a new version of The Rite by the Berlin-based choreographer Sasha Waltz, among a series of commemorative performances.
It is part of an ongoing celebration that includes commemorative performances of some of the company's iconic works at home and internationally, such as Cinderella, performed at the New York City Center last February.
Last week, we decided to mark the latest milestone in what is now nearly a century of milestones for both Lorraine and the Vanguard, by savoring a leisurely dinner in the neighborhood, followed by yet another night at the club, where a series of truly unique and terrifically commemorative performances was going on.
Karita Mattila's performance in the Met's new production of "Salome" is unlikely to inspire a commemorative number from the next Irving Berlin, but by rights it should.
A commemorative coin was commissioned for prison staff who participated in the execution.
