Pianist Impresses with Gifted Style
By BARBARA TILLY  World guest reviewer
      WENATCHEE - The audience at the Saturday night
Friends of Music concert was delighted to have another opportunity to hear pianist Allan Fuller. A Peshastin native, Fuller possesses unquestionable music gifts. Combine that with piano works that are richly imaginative and you have the makings of a great concert.. All aspects of Fuller's playing are impressive, but as previous Wenatchee audiences have noted, his treble melody voicing and impeccable technique are outstanding features. In each movement of the opening "Sonata Pathetiquc Op.13 in C minor" by Beethoven, the clarity of the melody lines and ornaments was refreshing.
     The allegro di molto e con brio movement is full of sudden contrasts. Fuller responded and maximized every opportunity for contrast The much loved adagio cantabile movement contained examples of beautiful phrasing of the lovely melody line. Fuller kept the spirit and drive of the allegro movement going to the last C minor chord.
     Brahms' intermezzi for piano are characterized as sensitive, extremely emotional and very thickly textured. With all thinner' voices it is difficult to keep the voice leading defined. Fuller "pulled" the melodies out of the dense "Op. 118 No. 2" and "Op. 117 No. 3 Intermezzi." He was also able to objectify and elicit the great drama involved in these compositions. The vast spectrum of dynamics was all there. When the music descended in volume to a mere pianissimo, the piano whispered with a tensile richness of sound.
     Debussy's "L'isle Joyeusc" is an Impressionistic Period treasure. Fuller accepted the constantly changing technical demands of this composition and gave a brilliant performance, Fuller's boldest strokes came in Liszt's "Sonata in B minor."