I wonder why as Menuhin had some good things to say about it. It was written by the English writer/composer Anthony Burgess.
Here is a link to a scan of the score:
https://www.anthonyburgess.org/music-anthony-burgess/concerto-violin-orchestra-e-minor/
Yup, no shortage of free violins too.
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I've looked at Burgess's entry in Wikipedia but there seems to be no mention of the violin concerto. However, Wikipedia lists only a selection from his musical works.
Was the concerto written for Menuhin at Menuhin's request? Or was it perhaps offered instead? I expect soloists of Menuhin's calibre get any number of new compositions offered to them, and a selection/rejection has to be made to prune the list to manageable levels to tie in with the soloist's busy life. Or perhaps the Burgess concerto didn't quite make the grade but might have been put to one side "just in case". We'll probably never know until and if documentary evidence one way or the other turns up.