Complex sentence: In his symphonies, his musical language typically consists of very slow, haunting scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords, occasionally punctuated with'battle scenes' involving martial brass and percussion.
Split into simpler sentences: In his symphonies, his musical language typically consists of slow, haunting scraps of minor-mode melody against long, subdued, anguished string discords. These passages are occasionally punctuated with'battle scenes' involving martial brass and percussion.