9 SEPTEMBER 1978, Page 16

Proms polka

Sir: Alexander Chancellor (2 September) writes about the 'hideous young people who 'screamed and giggled' their wa)I through ‘viennese night' in the IlnYa Albert Hall. I suspect, however, that th.eY are aware that 'Thunder and Lightning' Is a polka, not a waltz.

J. H. Yates Rosetree Cottage, Marston Montgomery, Ashbourne, Derbyshire