You won’t find many Historically Informed Performance specialists (that’s HIP, to those in the know) appearing in a setting mimicking an MTV-style music video. But the amazing countertenor Patrick Dailey did just that in his heartrending rendition of a J.S. Bach lament, which closes out the feature film Fatherhood. A Tennessee State University voice professor, Dailey is without question one of Nashville’s most daring and original classical singers. He brought his historically authentic performance style to the Schermerhorn in April, appearing as one of the soloists in the Nashville Symphony’s staging of Handel’s Messiah. And as one of the principal artists in the group Early Music City, he’s expanded the repertoire, presenting 19th-century spirituals alongside Bach chorales. Clearly, classical music has a bright future in Nashville, and it sounds a lot like Patrick Dailey.
