The symphony migrates to parks and churches to play Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky for Mexicans who believe they can't enter a theater without a tux.

The Borromeo String Quartet, which played Stravinsky, Schumann and Schoenberg at Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday night, is a particular success story.

So you've been playing Stravinsky; that much I understand.

Under Gustav Meier's baton, the orchestra plays Mozart, Prokofiev and Stravinsky at 8 P.M., following a pre-concert lecture at 7 P.M. (632-7230).

And on Thursday Mr. Beck returns on his own, to play Stravinsky, Brahms, Haydn and Schubert.

Instead, his students will play Stravinsky, Debussy and Saint-Saens.

The idea was eventually discarded when he could not find a band that "understands why Ringo Starr is such a great drummer, can play Stravinsky, and also smokes pot."

A few months ago, when we first spoke, he had just met a pretty young woman at a party, and later, at his apartment, he'd played Stravinsky for her on his grand piano.

At the premiere Mr. Bernstein came onto the stage alone, told the audience in Russian he was about to play Stravinsky and gave a small lecture on the music.

We went on the road playing Stravinsky, and all the chamber music societies wanted to hire him.