Vikingur Ólaffson

This week begins on the Ides of March, and there's a bit of heaviness in some of the sung works. There are also big stars in town, video game music, and the first of a series of concerts among the art at Philadelphia's newest museum.

The young Icelandic pianist, once equated with Glenn Gould, exceeds the comparison in music by Bach that is played with transparent, lyrical joy.