Music-director candidate Arthur Post and the Richmond Symphony made a 180-degree turn from last week’s Masterworks concerts and took the audience to the movies Saturday night at Richmond’s Landmark Theater with “Hollywood Nights.“ It was exactly what the title would lead you to believe: some of the most popular music from some of the most gifted composers of the genre for some of the most popular movies ever made.

Roughly translated, “Sinfonia del Fuego”—the title for the Richmond Symphony Pops program at the Landmark Theater on Saturday night—means “symphony on fire.“ And amigos, it was blazing. Fueled by world-renowned bandoneon player Raul Jaurena, concertmaster Karen Johnson, with dancers from the Latin Ballet of Virginia and under the direction of conductor candidate Marc Taddei, if you were there and didn’t feel a rush of varied emotions, check your pulse.

Winter promises to heat up Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Landmark Theater with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra’s third pops concert of the season, “Sinfonia del Fuego.“