Peter Wiley

Sun., March 15, 3 p.m., $23, American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St., 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

by Peter Burwasser

classical

Cellist Peter Wiley has killer bragging rights. He has been a member of two of the most important chamber music ensembles in America: the Guarneri String Quartet (he is on the current roster) and the Beaux Arts Trio. Nice local connection, too. He enrolled at Curtis as a prodigy, age 13, where he was a student of David Soyer, one of the founding members of the Guarneri. Wiley is now himself on the Curtis faculty. And yes, all of this is to imply that he is a wonderful artist, offering both insight and beauty in his playing. It will be just he and a pianist (the elegant Anna Polonsky) for this Sunday afternoon recital, with a program of chestnuts, including the beloved Arpeggione Sonata of Schubert, music of Bach, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns and Mendelssohn, and the formidable Cello Sonata of Samuel Barber, a fellow Curtis alum.

Sun., March 15, 3 p.m., $23, American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St., 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.