Top three favourite 20th Century violin concertos

[North Star]

This so tough that I'm going to make it a little easier for myself by discounting concertos written in the early 20th century that were really continuing the 19th-century Romantic tradition (eg Elgar, Nielsen, Sibelius) and concentrate on later works.

If forced to choose just three, they would be:
Berg
Britten
Shostakovich No 1

Were they really, and aren't the three you name very much a continuum of 19th C. traditions as well - Brahms's use of Passacaglia, quotations and other influences of Bach are important in all of those concertos, and the loosening of tonality has roots well into the early 19th Century, too. 

But I realize that this was only an excuse to be able to cull the list, so I forgive you for discriminating against one sort of continuation of a tradition over another - particularly as all those are my favourites as well.

[Delicious Manager]

Were they really, and aren't the three you name very much a continuum of 19th C. traditions as well - Brahms's use of Passacaglia, quotations and other influences of Bach are important in all of those concertos, and the loosening of tonality has roots well into the early 19th Century, too. 

But I realize that this was only an excuse to be able to cull the list, so I forgive you for discriminating against one sort of continuation of a tradition over another - particularly as all those are my favourites as well.

Your forgiveness means a great deal to me. Thank you so much.