"I was already playing these kinds of recitals for a few years.
His final tour was a series of recitals in Europe in 1987.
Starting in 2005 he performed the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in a series of recitals in Europe and America.
This year he announced a shorter series of recitals planned as tributes to the pianist and teacher Russell Sherman.
There will be two full weeks of recitals, master classes, panel discussions and lectures, with a mini-competition thrown in.
Lovers of organ music can check with the church for a schedule of recitals, which are fairly frequent.
Lyons, who has missed a couple of other games because of recitals, even has his "Super Bowl" trophy.
A series of recitals and performances are planned by the organisers, the Forward Arts Foundation, the Poetry Society, and others.
(She recently came to New York for an enticing pair of recitals at the Park Avenue Armory).
Reeling under financial pressures, it offered just a series of recitals in smaller halls during the 2009-10 "bridge season," as board members called it.
The cathedral will also be the scene of recitals by Yehudi Menuhin and Paul Tor telier, the cellist, and concerts by choirs and chamber orchestras.
