In 1950, he returned to St Mark's Church and helped to rebuild the congregation. In the 1950s, he initiated the renovation of the Eule organ damaged by the air bombing of Dresden. As the first post-war cantor in Dresden, he performed the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach with his choirs and the Collegium musicum. This was followed by performances, among others of the Historia der Geburt Christi by Heinrich Schütz, the St John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach, "The Creationg" by Joseph Haydn and the Requiem by Anton Bruckner.