A telling performance of note (7)
I believe the answer is:
recital
This might be a double definition.
'a telling' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'performance of note' is the second definition.
'recital' can be an answer for 'performance' (recital is a kind of performance). I'm unsure of the 'of note' bit.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recital that I've seen before include "Soloist's performance" , "Concert performance" , "Narrative" , "Performance, usually musical" , "17 performance, for example" .)