Are we talking about the same thing?

I turned on the radio on my drive home from work. One of the interviewees was saying something along the lines of "it's the sort of thing that's so difficult that students wait years before feeling worthy enough to attempt it" and "it's epic" and "there are points where you have to keep your cool." Turns out he was talking about Beethoveen's 32 sonatas. Apparently they represent a distillation of Beethoveen's because it was where he struggled over new work and tried out new ideas that went into his great symphonies. The cool thing about the interview was how the description of tackling the sonatas is how I see tackling some of the great climbs. You have to train to be worthy. They're epic. They require much of you. They can represent fulfillment. They reflect their creators.