continued with his second opera, The Sacrifice (based on the ancient Welsh tales of the Mabinogion), being premiered by Welsh National Opera in Autumn 2007. Sundogs, a large-scale work for a cappella choir, also using text by Symmons Roberts, was premiered by the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble in August 2006. He is an Honorary Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. He is patron of St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh, of the London Oratory School Schola Cantorum along with Simon Callow and Princess Michael of Kent, and he has been appointed patron of The British Art Music Series along with Libby Purves and John Wilson, and of the Schola Cantorum of the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2004, and a Knight Bachelor in 2015. In 2008, he became Honorary Patron of London Chamber Orchestra's LCO New: Explore project, which explores links between music and other art forms and fosters emerging creative talent in composition. He also serves as the Honorary President of the Bearsden Choir. and he is Patron of the Strathearn Music Society based in Crieff. Personal life MacMillan married Lynne Frew in 1983; they have two daughters and a son. He also had a granddaughter, Sara Maria, who had Dandy–Walker syndrome. He said of her short life that, "We have been blessed and transformed through knowing and loving Sara, and being known and loved in return by her." Key works After the Tryst (violin and piano – 1988) Cantos Sagrados (choir and organ – 1989) The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (orchestra – 1990) The Berserking (piano concerto – 1990) Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (percussion concerto – 1992) Seven Last Words from the Cross (cantata: choir and strings – 1993) Inés de Castro (opera, libretto: Jo Clifford – 1991–95) Britannia! (orchestra – 1994) Christus Vincit (1994), for SSAATTBB and Soli Three Scottish Songs, voice and piano (text: William Soutar) (1995) Cello Concerto (1996) The World's Ransoming (cor anglais and orchestra – 1996) Symphony: Vigil (1997) Quickening (soloists, chorus and orchestra – 1998) Symphony No. 2 (1999) Mass (choir and organ – 2000) Cello Sonata No. 2, dedicated to Julian Lloyd Webber The Birds of Rhiannon (orchestra + optional chorus, text: Michael Symmons Roberts – 2001) O Bone Jesu (2001), for SSAATTBB + soli Symphony No. 3 "Silence" (2002) Piano Concerto No. 2 (2003) A Scotch