Heading to this year’s National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny? Visit Cardiff University’s pavilion on the Maes at Castle Meadows to enjoy some free talks, ask a question at a debate, join in with interactive activities or just relax with a free tea or coffee.

Dr Keith Chapin will be giving a free talk at the pavilion on Johann Sebastian Bach and the sublime, accompanied by musical excerpts played on the viola, at 11am on Friday 5 August.

The talk will explore how terms of adulation in praise of music and musicians are much more than simple thumbs-up tokens of approval. They can through study unlock music’s far-reaching significance.