…Fortunately, this was followed after intermission by some Gershwin transcriptions performed by the concert pianist Eleonor Bindman, whom Mr. Charlap introduced as a high school classmate. Ms. Bindman brought a light precision to “Liza” – which had served as a showcase for the quicksilver brushwork of Mr. Washington in the concert’s first half – and then paired off with Mr. Rosenthal on “Three Preludes for Piano.” From offstage, Mr. Charlap seemed to be reinforcing a silent point: that even the orchestrated Gershwin is jazzy, with syncopation fluttering in the music’s DNA…”