When two paths to ecstasy unexpectedly converged in the middle of the Mediterranean, Maxime Denuc’s Club Imperiale was born. Two years ago, the French composer was sent video footage of a bride and groom walking the aisle on the small Spanish island of Menorca, but it was the soundtrack, rather than the scenery, that made an impression: Instead of the standard nuptial accompaniment — Vivaldi, Bach, Celine Dion — the organist performed Denuc’s own “Infinite End,” a minimalist epic from his 2022 album Nachthorn. Encountering his own music reverberating through the church’s majestic limestone arches, Denuc experienced a vision of gleaming whitewashed chapels perched above azure seas. But the Balearic connection also brought to mind…

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