Beethoven Sonata

So. I played the beginnings of my Beethoven Sonata for my teacher today. Learned the first two pages. Got as far as the first 8 bars before he stopped me. "That's enough." And so began the detail. My trills were bloodless, my portamento deplorable. Ah me. Beethoven. And so it begins. Twenty three pages, TWENTY THREE!!!! For Pete's sake. What was he thinking? It's a musical version of the Gift of Gab. Honestly. It's going to take me FOREVER to learn all four (FOUR!!!!) movements.

I'm going to start looking like Herr Beethoven's famous cranky mug: